金融时报选文SURGE IN BIOFUELS PUSHES UP FOOD PRICES........................................................................................................1生物燃料与人类争食..............................................................................................................................................2ASIAN PRAGMATISM PROVES ITS VALUE.................................................................................................................3香港退休基金是怎样运作的..................................................................................................................................4Q&A ON A SADLY PREDICTABLE DEBT CRISIS...........................................................................................................6全球次贷危机七大问题..........................................................................................................................................8GLOBALISATION'S EXILES KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING....................................................................................9移民汇款养活发展中国家？................................................................................................................................11SURGE IN BIOFUELS PUSHES UP FOOD PRICES By Javier Blas and Jenny Wiggins in LondonTuesday, July 17, 2007 A surge in the production of biofuels derived from corn, wheat and soyabeans is helping to push up food prices so sharply that the World Food Programme, the United Nation's agency in charge of fighting famine, is finding it difficult to feed as many hungry people as it has in the past.Josette Sheeran, WFP's executive director, said in an interview with the Financial Times that rising food prices were “already having an impact on WFP operations” and added: “There is a realisation we are facing a new level of challenge.”Food commodity price...
