World Food Aid

Convergence and diversity - evolution of food aid policies and programs. Recipient countries: Bangladesh - the challenges of food security and development in a disaster-prone economy; India - towards cereal self-sufficiency and the transformation of food aid; Pakistan - in the wake of the green revolution and the shadow of Afghanistan's War; Honduras - responding to economic recession in an environment of instability; Tunisia - food deficits and food aid in a middle-income country; Benin - the multi-purpose project approach in action; Lesotho - sustaining development in a small landlocked economy; Tanzania - self-reliance, economic growth and equity. Donors: Australia - focus on poverty alleviation; Canada - reassessing food aid's roles for food security and structural adjustment; the European Community - growing pains; Germany - an EC member state national program - issues of parallel responsiblity; Netherlands - an EC member state national program - financing food and development; Japan - evolving food aid policies of an agricultural importing country; Sweden - the problems of good policy; USA - changing priorities in promoting development, humanitarian relief and agricultural trade.