Rising Food Prices Increase Dependence On Handouts In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 30: A stack of chapati (Pakistani bread) lies on an Urdu newspaper at a local bakery on April 30, 2008, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan is experiencing a major shortage of wheat causing prices to inflate more than 200% in the last six months. Food prices throughout Pakistan and around the world continue to escalate while other staple produce, such as rice, are also in short supply placing developing countries at great risk. (Photo Warrick Page/Getty Images)