Emergency and Relief Operations

D. John Shaw

Chapter 6 in The UN World Food Programme and the Development of Food Aid, 2001, pp 145-187 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter focuses on WFP’s emergency and relief assistance. It traces the trends and directions in its emergency aid over more than three decades; describes the different types of emergencies that have been addressed; examines the main reasons for WFP’s increasing involvement in disaster relief; summarizes the linkages between its relief and development assistance; and draws conclusions and raises issues for future concern.

Keywords: Emergency Operation; Donor Country; Displace Person; World Food Programme; Humanitarian Assistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403905437_6

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