| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of food aid to Africa during 1970-1983. The basic question guiding the analysis is whether food aid has been a net benefit or burden. Major critisisms that have been raised are: 1) food aid serves as a disincentive to local food production; 2) it distors consumer preferences and creates an undesirable demand for imported food; 3) it encourages wasteful projects; and 4) it postpones reform. The evidence available suggests that food aid will note solve Africa's food crisis. At best, it is a shortterm palliative; it provides relief and security from disaster. At worst, it postpones more fundamental solutions and perpetuates the conditions that have made it so vital. Notes, ref. |
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