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The Opportunity and the Challenge: H. W. Singer’s Contribution to the International Debate on Food Aid

In: International Development Co-operation

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  • D. J. Shaw

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Of all the many issues and concerns that Hans Singer has addressed in his long and illustrious career, one of his greatest international contributions has been in the field of food aid. There are few aspects of the subject that he has not touched on at one time or another. The epistemic community has long recognized that no other person has made such a dominant impact in the international debate on the subject (Clay and Shaw, 1987; Sapsford and Chen, 1998). He also played a strategic role in the creation of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid organization of the United Nations system (Shaw, 1998a; Shaw, 2001). And he has been a consultant to bilateral and non-governmental food aid programmes. His views on food aid as providing an opportunity as well as a challenge to achieving food security for the neediest people in the poorest countries have provided a balanced assessment and reasoned account when much of the criticism has been based on prejudice, polemical argument and anecdotal evidence. Many, but by no means all, of his contributions to engendering a rational debate are referenced here. What motivated him to take an interest in food aid, and what have been some of his many outstanding contributions to this controversial form of international assistance?

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  • D. J. Shaw, 2001. "The Opportunity and the Challenge: H. W. Singer’s Contribution to the International Debate on Food Aid," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: D. John Shaw (ed.), International Development Co-operation, chapter 10, pages 199-244, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-28729-7_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230287297_11
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