Hunger in the Balance The New Politics of International Food Aid

Name: Hunger in the Balance The New Politics of International Food Aid
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ISBN: 9780801450396

ISBN-10: 080145039X

ISBN-13: 9780801450396

Edition: 2015

Authors: Jennifer Clapp

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Food aid has become a contentious issue in recent decades, with sharp disagreements over genetically modified crops, agricultural subsidies, and ways of guaranteeing food security in the face of successive global food crises. In Hunger in the Balance, Jennifer Clapp provides a timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary politics of food aid, explaining the origins and outcomes of recent clashes between donor nations—and between donors and recipients.She identifies fundamental disputes between donors over "tied" food aid, which requires that food be sourced in the donor country, versus "untied" aid, which provides cash to purchase food closer to the source of hunger. These debates…

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 2/17/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Jennifer Clapp is CIGI Chair in International Governance and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo. She is the coauthor of Paths to a Green World (MIT Press, 2005).