This book is a history of the World Food Programme, the food aid arm of the United Nations. It tells the story of the growth of WFP from modest beginings as a three-year experiment in 1963-65 to its current role as the main source of international food aid for both disaster relief and development against the background of the evolution and development of food aid.
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D. John Shaw was associated with the WFP for over 30 years, and is a former Senior Lecturer in Rural Economy, University of Khartoum.
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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