1st Edition

Food Aid Reconsidered Assessing the Impact on Third World Countries

Edited By Edward Clay, Olav Stokke Copyright 1991
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Food aid continues to be a high profile, and perhaps the most controversial form of aid. Food Aid Reconsidered: Assessing the Impact on Third World Countries , originally published in 1991, which concentrates on recent experience, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, provided a stocktaking on the state of the debate and the contribution that economics and other social sciences had made to resolving... Read more

Foreword.  List of Tables.  List of Figures.  Glossary.  1. Assessing the Performance and Economic Impact of Food Aid: The State of the Art Edward Clay and Olav Stokke  2. An Additional Resource? A Global Perspective on Food Aid Flows in Relation to Development Assistance Ram Saran and Panos Konandreas  3. The Disincentive Effect of Food Aid: A Pragmatic Approach Simon Maxwell  4. Modelling the Role of Food Imports, Food Aid and Food Security in Africa: The Case of Botswana John Cathie  5. Dairy Aid and Development: Current Trends and Long-Term Implications of the Indian Case Martin Doornbos, Liana Gertsch and Piet Terhal  6. Triangular Transactions, Local Purchases and Exchange Arrangements in Food Aid: A Provisional Review with Special Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Edward Clay and Charlotte Benson  7. Food Aid and Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa Hans Singer  8. An Introduction to the Sources of Data for Food Aid Analysis with Special Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Stéphane Jost.  Index.  Notes on Contributors.

Biography

Dr Edward Clay was, at time of original publication, Director of the Relief and Development Institute, London, and co-organiser of the Project on Food Aid.

Olav Stokke was, at time of original publication, Convenor, EADI Working Group on Aid Policy and Performance Director, Evaluation Programme