The UN World Food Programme and the Development of Food Aid
The UN World Food Programme and the Development of Food Aid

Author: D. Shaw

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-05-17

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1403905436

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This is the first history to be written of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations System. It tells the story of the antecedents and origins of WFP and growth from modest beginnings as a three-year experiment in 1963-65 to become the main source of international food aid for both disaster relief and development against the background of the evolution and development of food aid. This dual role has put WFP in the front line of the United Nations attack on poverty, hunger and food insecurity.

The World's Largest Humanitarian Agency
The World's Largest Humanitarian Agency

Author: D. Shaw

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-07-19

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 0230316719

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This book focuses on the transformation of the WFP into the world's largest humanitarian agency, providing an in-depth account of responses to increasingly large and complex natural and man-made disasters. It examines food aid and looks to the new modalities that are required to make food more available to those in dire need.