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17. May Mercado Peters and Shahla Shapouri, "Income Inequality and Food Security," in Food Security Assessment (November 1997), (Washington D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, 1997).

18. See the Asia Food Overview (p. 16) in Food Security Assessment (GFA-9) November 1997 (United States Department of Agriculture).

19. Emerging Asia: Changes and Challenges (Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1997).

20. Ibid.

21. Elisabeth Rosenthal, "In North Korea Hunger, Legacy is Stunted Children," The New York Times, December 10, 1998.

22. John McBeth, "Return to Roots," Far Eastern Economic Review, June 4, 1998.

23. "China—International Agriculture and Trade Report—Part I of IV," M2 Presswire, August 24, 1998.

24. 1997 World Development Indicators (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1997), pp. 34-35.

25. Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere, "Feeding Third World Cities Alarms United Nations," Agence France Presse, November 29, 1998.

26. Robert L. Thompson, "Technology, Policy, and Trade: The Keys to Food Security and Environmental Protection," Presidential Address, XXIII International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Sacramento, California, USA, 10 August 1997.

27. 1997 World Development Indicators (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1997), pp. 146-147.

28. Sandra L. Postel, "Water for Food Production: Will there be Enough in 2025?", Bioscience (August 1998).

29. Dennis Avery, "The Promise of High-Yield Agriculture," Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (Summer, 1998).