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

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, D. John (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Economics.
Development Economics.
Economic History.
Environmental Economics.
International Economics.
Development economics.
Economic history.
Environmental economics.
International economic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXVI, 429 pages)
ISBN:9780230316713
DOI:10.1057/9780230316713