The Economics Of Emergency Food Aid Provision
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The Economics of Emergency Food Aid Provision
Author | : Martin Caraher,Sinéad Furey |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2018-05-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783319785066 |
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This short book reviews the provision of food bank and other emergency food aid provision with a specific focus on the UK, whilst drawing lessons from North America, Brazil and Europe. The authors look at the historical positioning of food aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012, before addressing the causes of food insecurity and concluding that food banks are a symptom of austerity and government inaction which fail to tackle the underlying causes of food poverty. The research is timely, and considers a range of disciplines and practices. This book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and practitioners food economics, welfare economics, public policy, public health, food studies, nutrition, and the wider social sciences.
Private Provision of Food Aid
Author | : Laura Tiehen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Food relief |
ISBN | : UOM:39015051817602 |
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World Food Aid
Author | : John Shaw,Edward J. Clay |
Publsiher | : Heinemann Educational Publishers |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105006073899 |
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Food aid is both popular and controversial. Detractors point to the political and commercial motives that have driven food aid flows, its disincentive effects, and the risk it carries of creating dependence. Supporters find it at the very core of humanitarian assistance. This innovative book examines the question of food assistance very broadly, from the perspective of both recipient countries and donors around the world, including four African nations-Tunisia, Benin, Lesotho, and Tanzania.
Food Aid After Fifty Years
Author | : Christopher B. Barrett,Dan Maxwell |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2007-05-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781135992965 |
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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.
Uniting on Food Assistance
Author | : Christopher B. Barrett,Julia Steets |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2011-12-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781136519192 |
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This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities. We pay particular attention to how these trends shape and are shaped by European Union (EU) and United States (U.S.) food assistance policy and practice, and highlight the principles to which donors can adhere to move international food assistance forward.
The Economics of Agricultural Development
Author | : George W. Norton,Jeffrey Alwang,William A. Masters |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781134710225 |
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Persistent problems with poverty, rapid population growth and malnutrition in many developing countries are among the most serious issues facing the world today. This book examines the causes, severity and effects of these problems, as well as potential solutions. The authors consider the implications of globalization of goods, services and capital for agriculture, poverty and the environment; and identify linkages in the world food system, stressing how agricultural and economic situations in poor countries affect industrialized nations and vice versa. Focusing on the role that agriculture can play in improving economic and nutritional wellbeing and how that role might be enhanced, this book is essential reading.
Food Aid and Human Security
Author | : Edward J. Clay,Olav Stokke |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Emergency food supply |
ISBN | : 9780714650845 |
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Food aid is historically a major element of development aid to support longer-term development, and the primary response to help countries and peoples in crisis. This examination of food aid focuses in particular on institutional questions.
Food Aid Reconsidered
Author | : Edward J. Clay,Olav Stokke |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0714641731 |
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This book examines the current thinking on the controversial issues surrounding food aid, and of the contribution that the use of economics and other disciplines in the social sciences can make to impact assessment. It focuses on recent activities in Sub-Saharan Africa.