Posts Tagged World Bank  Land, Survival and Development  “Prices
of food are rising worldwide. More than 33 countries have
witnessed food riots” (Shiva 2). Little do people know that the
Arab Spring started in Egypt and Tunisia due to rising food
prices (mainly bread) and authoritarian regimes in power as old
as four decades were overthrown. The most important fact to
learn from the Arab Spring is that food is not a luxury but a
vital necessity without which no one can survive and due to
various factors such as climate change, using corn and soy for
bio-fuel and Western policies with corporate globalization is
leading to rising food prices which will put add another billion
to the existing one billion people who are starving and lack
access to clean water.  The Bread Man: A man using bread to
metaphorically construct a helmet to protest the rising cost of
daily essential food items that ultimately led to the ouster of
the regime of Mubarak and resulted in the Arab Spring Movement
across the continent.  Climat