Publication

In this policy brief, the authors argue that reforms to the Food Aid Convention's (FAC) governance arrangements are urgently needed and should be included as part of the current negotiations. Careful consideration of ways to improve the governance of the agreement is required regardless of the FAC’s physical location. This is true both with respect to the inputs into the Convention — its specific technical governance functions — as well as its outputs — its effectiveness as a global instrument to mitigate food insecurity. Unless the legitimacy of the Convention’s governance is improved, the FAC will fade into obscurity.