Food Aid after Fifty Years : Recasting Its Role.

By: Barrett, Christopher BContributor(s): Maxwell, DanMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Priorities for Development Economics SerPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203799536Subject(s): Development economics | Food relief -- Government policy -- United States | Food relief, American -- Africa, Sub-Saharan | Food reliefGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Food Aid after Fifty Years : Recasting Its RoleDDC classification: 363.8560973 LOC classification: HV696.F6 -- B375 2005ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Half Title: Food Aid After Fifty Years -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The basics of food aid -- 2 Donor-oriented food aid -- 3 Multilateral and other bilateral donors -- 4 International regulatory mechanisms and trade disputes -- 5 So who benefits? -- 6 Edging towards a recipient-oriented food aid system -- 7 The uses of food aid to address food insecurity -- 8 The management of food aid in addressing food insecurity -- 9 Consequences of poor food aid management -- 10 Recasting food aid's role -- 11 Recasting food aid's role -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to students of development economics and development studies and those working in the field.
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Intro -- Half Title: Food Aid After Fifty Years -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The basics of food aid -- 2 Donor-oriented food aid -- 3 Multilateral and other bilateral donors -- 4 International regulatory mechanisms and trade disputes -- 5 So who benefits? -- 6 Edging towards a recipient-oriented food aid system -- 7 The uses of food aid to address food insecurity -- 8 The management of food aid in addressing food insecurity -- 9 Consequences of poor food aid management -- 10 Recasting food aid's role -- 11 Recasting food aid's role -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to students of development economics and development studies and those working in the field.

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