Food aid after fifty years [[electronic resource] ] : recasting its role / / Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel G. Maxwell
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| Autore: |
Barrett Christopher B (Christopher Brendan)
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| Titolo: |
Food aid after fifty years [[electronic resource] ] : recasting its role / / Christopher B. Barrett and Daniel G. Maxwell
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.8/56/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Food relief |
| Food relief - Government policy - United States | |
| Food relief, American - Africa, Sub-Saharan | |
| Development economics | |
| Altri autori: |
MaxwellDaniel G
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-304) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| NotesBibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Food aid after fifty years |
| ISBN: | 1-135-99297-5 |
| 1-281-15841-0 | |
| 9786611158415 | |
| 0-203-79953-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784981103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Priorities for development economics.