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Food prices create a world of trouble

Skyrocketing food prices around the globe are such a concern they're on the agenda for the World Bank's annual meeting this weekend. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a managing director for the Bank. She talks with Kai Ryssdal about what can be done.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

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