Bang for the Food Aid Buck
December 28th 2005 After my five years in the world of development assistance and aid policy, Ethiopia revealed to me the secret to increased aid effectiveness: creative reuse. Roughly 12 million Ethiopians depend on food aid. The countryside is dotted with huge canvas tent warehouses emblazoned with the World Food Program emblem. The roads are crowded with massive trucks loaded to the gills with USA grain sacks.
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