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Title:Food and Politics: A Case Study of Ethiopia
Author:Johnson, Willene A.
Year:1979
Periodical:Horn of Africa
Volume:2
Issue:1
Period:January-March
Pages:28-35
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:food aid
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Politics and Government
Abstract:The successful implementation of food aid depends on the structure and fuctioning of several distinct but interrelated political economies: the political economy of the national government that receives the aid, of the international organisations that may become involved in a crisis situation, and of the relationship that exists between the donor nation and the aid-receiving nation under bilateral agreements. A case study of Ethiopia, which from 1972 through 1974 suffered a severe famine resulting in the death of hundreds of thouseands of Ethiopians, shows how hunger became a political issue. The 'politics of starvation' involves conscious political choices on the national, bilateral (United States-Imperial Ethiopian Government), and international level, which lead to cover-ups of the crisis and the failure of famine relief. Notes.
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