Although food-fuel prices have abated from their record levels, many countries of the region are grappling with the repercussions of the global financial crisis, which has become an economic crisis.
虽然粮食和燃料价格已从创纪录的水平回落，本区域许多国家还在苦于应对全球金融危机影响，而金融危机现已演变为经济危机。