Experts to mull food price volatility at Rabat conference

Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB) and high level policy-makers will mull causes and challenges of food price volatility at a two-day conference starting here February 25.The IMF’s Research Department, OCP Policy Center, and the Center for Technology and Economic Development at New York University are organizing the conference that aims to stimulate discussion about the causes and socio-economic challenges of food price volatility.The conference will tackle both micro issues such as drivers of food prices and policies to ensure food price security, as well as macro issues like appropriate monetary policy response to food and fuel price fluctuations, the IMF said.Leading academics and policy experts will make presentations followed by general discussions. In addition to these presentations, the conference will also feature several policy panels with high level policy makers and two keynote speakers.