Publication

Jun 2013

This brief claims that American food aid is inefficient, because it is in-kind, purchased in the US and transported on US ships. The authors argue that reform is necessary and estimate that purchasing food locally or regionally would help reach an estimated 4 to 10 million more people.

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Author Kimberly Ann Elliott, William McKitterick
Series CGD Briefs
Publisher Center for Global Development (CGD)
Copyright © 2013 Center for Global Development (CGD) This work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license.
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