The World's Largest Humanitarian Agency [electronic resource] : The Transformation of the UN World Food Programme and of Food Aid /
Shaw, D.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Historical background -- From development projects to emergency operations: -- Tipping points in WFP's transformation -- Emergency assistance: transformation accomplished -- Anatomy of WFP emergency operations -- Associated development programmes and projects -- Transforming food aid -- The way ahead: opportunities and challenges.
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.
World Food Programme
International economics.
Development economics.
Economic history.
Environmental economics.
International Economics.
Development Economics.
Economic History.
Environmental Economics.