Synopsis
This text constitutes a history of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food arm of the United Nations system. It tells the story of the circumstances 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 evolution and development of food aid. The dual role of the WFP has placed it at the forefront of the United Nations attack on poverty, hunger and food insecurity.
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JOHN SHAW was associated with the World Food Programme (WFP) for over thirty years. He served successively as Consultant, Senior Evaluation Officer, Senior Economist and Head of the Policy Unit, Economics Advisor and, finally, Chief of the Policy Affairs Service. He is currently on the International Editorial Board of the journal Food Policy. He has written extensively on development and food aid issues.
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The UN World Food Programme and the Development of Food Aid
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Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2001
ISBN 10: 0333676696
ISBN 13: 9780333676691
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Trade paperback. xxviii, 302, [6] p. Illustrations. Notes on the Text. Statistical Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Dramatis Personae. Index. Foreword by Sir Hans Singer. From an on-line posting: "D. JOHN SHAW was associated with the United Nations World Food Programme for over thirty years, almost from the start of its operations in 1963, latterly as Economic Adviser and Chief of its Policy Affairs Service. He was also a Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Bank. Previously, he was a postgraduate in Agricultural Economics at the University of Oxford, UK, Senior Lecturer in Rural Economy at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, and Fellow in Agricultural Economics and a founder member of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He has written extensively on development, food security and food aid issues and now serves on the International Editorial Board of the journal Food Policy." Very good. Signed by author. Cover has slight wear and soiling. First edition. First paperback printing [stated]. Seller Inventory # 69295