Such shortages, no surprise, have stoked inflation.

Life in Damascus, despite increasing shortages, seems almost normal.

Bush referred to the reasons for shortages and price hikes.

Alien Axioms maintained that GMOs will not solve Kenya s food shortages

Violence erupted all over the city because of the food shortages.

But, while none is in short supply globally, local shortages may occur.

Crowded conditions are leading to shortages in food, shelter, water and sanitation.

Sen also examined various African countries that experienced crop failures and food shortages.

Chronic shortages of power such as these affect the whole of sub Saharan Africa.

Moreover labor shortages began to appear, and Chinese workers began to win rapid wage increases.

Europe, Japan, the United States, and eventually China and East Asia will face labor shortages.

On April 23, Brazil announced a temporary suspension of rice exports to prevent internal shortages.

In response to increasing labor shortages, the 21st century will bring new roles for Japanese women.

Her decision has raised the profile of Malawi, home to recurrent food shortages and seasonal famines.

The supply of African professionals and skilled workers, meanwhile, is tight shortages also drive up wages.

Steadily rising prices of raw materials, agricultural products, and energy already reflect fears about future shortages.

Many countries have kept power and water prices too low and have ended up with shortages.

The main hospital problems are the shortages of medical supplies, of river ambulance and of electricity.

Alternatives do need to be explored, including more efficient use, diversification into more easily accessible substitutes, and reduction of overall consumption (though in all these cases, it is easier to deal with energy shortages than food shortages).

Shortages of construction materials do not seem to be a reason to expect high home prices, either.

In Venezuela, land reform and socialist rhetoric did not prevent chronic shortages of milk, sugar, and beef.

As a result Argentina, once a thriving gas exporter, had to seek imports to overcome domestic shortages.

Agriculture ministers by themselves will not be able to cope with water shortages that farmers will face.

Does aiding dictators who use food aid for political purposes end famine and food shortages in Africa?

The book, written by a team of scientists, predicted disastrous shortages and mass starvation due to population pressure.

Already, in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas, where manufacturing activity is the densest, labor shortages have appeared.

Already, in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas, where manufacturing activity is the densest, labor shortages have appeared.

BEIJING Reports about labor shortages, wage disputes, and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late.

The Iranian government fears that electricity shortages, slow economic growth, and high unemployment will turn the populace against it.

Food security arguments resonate well in Japan, owing to memories of shortages during World War II and its aftermath.

At the same time, countries facing shortages will gain greatly from being able to reduce their own resource needs.

That trade imbalance implied a continuous drain on gold and silver coin, causing shortages of these metals in Rome.

Yangon residents have to adjust to the increased temperatures and water shortages brought by the El Niño weather pattern.

The reasons were many poor weather, pests, shortages of animal power after peasants slaughtered livestock rather than losing it to the collective, shortages of tractors, the shooting and deportation of the best farmers, and the disruption of sowing and reaping caused by collectivization itself.

But chronic hunger remains pervasive, particularly in developing countries, which are affected most by crop shortages and food price volatility.

Aside from control of the region s energy supplies, water has become a potential source of conflict, given China s serious shortages.

They are also now suffering from water shortages and a budget deficit that has been exacerbated by declining oil revenues.

People in Japan have been unplugging their lives as electricity saving measures have been implemented to cope with power shortages.

Morsi's first year in office has been a bad one for Egyptians, with fuel and electricity shortages, among many woes.

Electricity shortages have intensified on Yar Adua s watch, producing blackouts in many areas of the country and darkening the foreign investment climate.

The Russians bombed numerous strategic and civilian targets in Georgia, destroying infrastructure and producing growing shortages of food, fuel, and medicine.

American reluctance to abandon Musharraf together with prolonged electricity shortages, which made the new government appear incompetent also raised his hopes.

Electricity shortages have intensified on Yar Adua s watch, producing blackouts in many areas of the country and darkening the foreign investment climate.

In January 2009, Gazprom ordered cutbacks of deliveries through Ukraine, causing severe shortages in six countries in eastern and southeastern Europe.

The OMT program breaks the volatile liquidity cycle that stems from chronic shortages of bank collateral and a limited fiscal transfer mechanism.