Food aid and the developing world : four African case studies / / Christopher Stevens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459808703321
• Autore: Stevens Christopher
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1979
• ISBN: 1-136-89170-6; 1-283-10564-0; 9786613105646; 0-203-84045-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Development ; ; v. 5
• Disciplina: 361.5/5; 361.55; 363.883091724
• Soggetti: Food supply - Developing countries; Food relief - Developing countries; Economic assistance - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1979.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Introduction -- section 2. The uses of food aid -- section 3. The impact of food aid.
• Sommario/riassunto: Food aid is a controversial form of development assistance and this book, first published in 1979, seeks to counter allegations from critics by taking account of both direct and indirect affects. Based on field research in Tunisia, Botswana, Upper Volta and Lesotho, it considers aid from the UK, EEC, USAID, the World Food Programme, Canada and France, and draws a number of policy-orientated conclusions about the impact of food aid on nutrition, consumer prices and agricultural production. In the light of the evidence from field studies it is shown that many of the claims advan