Commodity prices have come down, there is less access to trade, and so for the poorest people, the three billion - half the world that lives on under two dollars a day - it is a serious issue.

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Jane lives in a condo half way between her son and his two children and her daughter with her two children.

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Given that he's only flown back home twice in the past two-and-a-half years, he knows an impressive amount of detail about his children's daily lives.

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