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The World’s Largest Humanitarian Agency: The Transformation of the UN World Food Programme and of Food Aid

By D. John Shaw (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2011
ISBN
978-1-349-36895-2, 978-0-230-31671-3
DOI
10.1057/9780230316713
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3182962 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XXVI, 429\455
Time added
2017-04-19 23:43:58
International Economics; Development Economics; Ec

Description

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.

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