Impoverished Bangladesh Hard Hit By Global Food Crisis

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A laborer carries a basket of bananas to a market on July 16, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day.

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Rice still in the husk is churned to dry at a rice mill July 18, 2008 in Srinigar, Bangladesh. Bangladesh has recently closed nearly 2,000 rice mills because they ignored official demands to sell the staple to the army-backed government at below market rates. Rice, a basic staple for Bangladesh's 144 million people, has nearly doubled in price in the past 12 months due to shortages caused by floods last summer, a cyclone in November and the continued rise of fuel prices. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the population survives on less than a dollar a day.

A variety of rice is displayed at a market on July 17, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh has recently closed nearly 2,000 rice mills because they ignored official demands to sell the staple to the army-backed government at below market rates. Rice, a basic staple for Bangladesh's 144 million people, has nearly doubled in price in the past 12 months due to shortages caused by floods last summer, a cyclone in November and the continued rise of fuel prices. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the population survives on less than a dollar a day.

Workers at a steel factory carry sheets of steel from a scrapped cargo ship, to be recycled into steel rods on July 20, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. While the price of scrap metals has risen globally recently, workers at scrap factories in Bangladesh make an average under fifty cents and hour. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day.

Wire is stripped at a ecycling business where the metals will turned into a variety products including eating utensils July 19, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Recycling used metals is a growing business in Bangladesh According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day.

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