The Food Aid Conundrum and Canadian Aid Strategy
The Issue of Donor Control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9937539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Charlton (Western University, corresponding author), Mark W Charlton (Assistant professor of political science, University of Western Ontario, London, ntario.) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40202468 |
| OpenAlex | W4241633905, W2325225292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Food aid, according to Christopher Stevens, is a curate's egg.1 As recent events in Ethiopia and Sudan have shown, aid agencies are frequently under public pressure to undertake highly visible food relief operations in response to an immediate, wellpublicized emergency. When successful, such operations can enhance the image of an aid agency and strengthen public support for development assistance in general. But food aid programmes can also draw attention to the weaknesses and shortcomings of foreign aid and generate 'horror stories' in the media that undermine the public's confidence in the aid agency. Thus it is not surprising that after more than three and a half decades of operation, Canada's food aid programme remains controversial. Since its inception, Canada has provided over $3 billion worth of Canadian agricultural commodities to Third World countries. Yet, this effort was recently referred to as the 'most dramatic failure among our aid programs.'2 Such critics suggest that by providing cheap food, Canadian food aid discourages local agricultural production, creates a taste for expensive imported foods, and enables recipient governments to postpone necessary agricultural reforms. In
Agency (philosophy · Agriculture · Business · Control (management · Development aid · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food aid · Food security · Geography · Humanitarian aid · International trade · Management · Political science · Sociology · Canadian Policy and Governance · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |