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Japan and China Can Solve the Rice Crisis--But U.S. Leadership Is Needed

The loss of rice production in Myanmar is worsening the crisis in world rice markets, where prices have more than doubled in the past four months. The release of surplus rice stocks held by Japan and China could bring rice prices down fast. But this can only happen if Washington lifts its objections to Japan’s re-export of rice previously imported from the United States. Failure to act would mean that high-quality U.S. rice will be fed to Japanese pigs and chickens while millions of poor people suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Tom Slayton, a former editor of The Rice Trader, and Peter Timmer, CGD non-resident fellow and visiting professor at Stanford University, explain how prompt action by the United States, Japan, and China could prevent the rice price crisis from becoming a hunger crisis.

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The Commitment to Development Index for Africa: How Much do the Richest Countries Help the Poorest Continent?

How committed are the world's richest countries to the development of Africa, the world's poorest continent? Rich countries are usually compared on how much foreign aid they give as a percentage of their GDP, but helping Africa involves much more than aid. CGD's Commitment to Development Index has long compared 21 rich countries on aid, trade, migration, and other policies that affect the entire developing world. In the new CDI for Africa, research fellow David Roodman trains the CDI methodology on rich countries' links to this one continent. While the results may not be what you expect, one message is clear: all rich countries could do much more to foster development in Africa.

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Having trouble keeping up with the floodtide of global development policy news and views? Let CGD help! Each week, CGD media assistant Ben Edwards compiles Global Development Policy News, a selection of mainstream media reports and commentary on rich world policies and practices that affect poor people in developing countries.

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