ROSA Focus n°10

This month’s highlight looks at recent price variations and perspectives for change in world markets.. This article raises questions about the ability of populations, governments and the international community to deal with a new situation with high, volatile prices. The bulletin also presents an insight of the food situation in four countries in West (Senegal and Burkina Faso) and Central Africa (Burundi and DRC) and shows the combination of national and international factors that explain the variation in food prices. The international news section provides information on the First Ministerial Conference on Social Development in Africa and on the European Development Days.