Uniting on Food Assistance - The Case for Transatlantic Cooperation

Informationen zum Autor Christopher B. Barrett is Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Applied Economics and Management! and Co-Director of the African Food Security and Natural Resources Management Program! Cornell University! USA. He is the Co-author of Food Aid after Fifty Years and Editor of The Social Economics of Poverty! also published by Routledge.Julia Steets is Associate Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. Klappentext Chronicling the expansion of international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities! this book focuses on how trends shape & are shaped by EU & US food assistance policy & practice! & highlights the principles to which donors can adhere to move international food assistance forward. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Uniting on Food Assistance: The Case for Transatlantic Cooperation 2. The Challenging Path to a Global Food Assistance Architecture 3. Food Assistance Policy and Institutions in the United States and European Union 4. Gathering and Analyzing Information for Food Assistance 5. Expanding the Food Assistance Toolbox 6. Quality and Safety of Food Assistance 7. Moving Food Assistance Forward

Product details

• Authors: Christopher (Cornell University Barrett, Christopher Steets Barrett
• Assisted by: Christopher Barrett (Editor), Barrett Christopher (Editor), Andrea Binder (Editor), Binder Andrea (Editor), Julia Steets (Editor), Steets Julia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2011
• EAN: 9780415687263
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68726-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Priorities for Development Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Agriculture & Related Industries