DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Officials meeting at the World Economic Forum expressed concern on Thursday about soaring food prices stoking social unrest, but corporate figures rejected calls for curbs on speculation.
"Higher food prices and volatility are one of the biggest threats to the global economic recovery and social stability," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director at the World Bank, told Reuters on the sidelines of the meeting in the Swiss resort.
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