The Politics Of Adjustment: The African Case
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-1988
Published In
Food Policy
Abstract
Food aid has been used consciously and increasingly for promoting structural adjustment, and has had a major impact on the economic programmes of many states in the 1980s, particularly in Africa. This article considers the politics of adjustment programmes and food aid, and the dilemmas which arise, including the effects of food subsidies, conditionality, overhead costs, varying food needs, and attitudes towards food aid. New approaches and more coordination are needed if food aid, to Africa in particular, is to be even moderately effective in aiding countries making major policy changes.
Recommended Citation
Raymond F. Hopkins.
(1988).
"The Politics Of Adjustment: The African Case".
Food Policy.
Volume 13,
Issue 1.
47-55.
DOI: 10.1016/0306-9192(88)90007-3
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-poli-sci/186