Redefining the role of food aid

The principal objective of food aid, besides responding to needs created by conflict, and other disasters, should be to provide an insurance function for those events for which existing insurance mechanisms function poorly

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoddinott, John F., Cohen, Marc J., Bos, Maria Soledad
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155563
Description
Summary:The principal objective of food aid, besides responding to needs created by conflict, and other disasters, should be to provide an insurance function for those events for which existing insurance mechanisms function poorly