1. EFFECT OF U.S. AID ON
By: Alissa
HUNGER IN THE Atkinson
DEVELOPING WORLD

2. DEMAND FOR AID
Who needs aid?
-925 million people across the globe suffer
from malnutrition and hunger
-Half of all child deaths in developing
countries are related to malnutrition and
hunger
-The UN estimated 30 countries are in crisis
and need external assistance

3. U.S. PROGRAMS FOR SUPPLYING AID
The U.S. government can provide food
assistance through five program authorities.
 1 . The Food for Progress Program
 2. The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and
Child Nutrition Program
 3. The Food for Peace Act
 4. Section 416(b)
 5. The Local and Regional Procurement Project
 The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
Information from: www.fas.usda.gov/food-aid.asp

4. TYPES OF FOOD AID
Through the five programs, the U.S. can
provide food aid in three different ways.
 Program food aid
 Project food aid
 Emergency food aid
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5. U.S. IMPACT
 The U.S. is the largest  P h o to c o u r tes y : w w w. i wa t c h n ew s . o r g
contributor to developing
nations. The European Union,
Japan, Canada and Australia
follow
 The U.S. has committed to
donating a minimum of
2,500,000 metric tons per
year
 Countries in Sub -Saharan
Africa and Asia have been the
largest recipients of food aid
receiving more than 60
percent of the volume of food
during the last 15 year s
Source: www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves

6. PROBLEMS WITH FOOD AID
Delivery of food aid
For the U.S., Food Aid policies have
long been a foreign policy issue, i.e.
the Cold War, War on Terror
Priority countries aren’t always given
first priority
Food aid is donor-driven

7. ETHICS
Divine Command
Virtue Ethics
Categorical Imperative
Rights
Utilitarianism
Beneficence
Justice

8. SCHOLARLY REFERENCES
 Travis, Rick, Problems, Politics, and Policy Streams: A
Reconsideration US Foreign Aid toward Africa, International
Studies Quarterly, Volume 54 Issue 3, p 797 -821 , September
2010
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 Lentz, Erin, Barrett, Christopher, Improving Food Aid: What
Reforms Would Yield the Highest Payoff?, World Development,
Volume 36 Issue 7, p 1152 -1172, July 2008
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