Feeding the Crisis: U. S. Food Aid and Farm Policy in Central America de Garst, Rachel; Barry, Tom - 1990-12-01

University of Nebraska Press, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Nebraska Press. Very Good. 1990. Paperback. 0803260954 . Bright, clean pages. Binding is strong and appears untouched. Cover has some scuffing. ; 9.03 X 5.86 X 0.93 inches; 275 pages .

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. [xii] 275p., b/w illus., stiff wrappers.

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University of Nebraska, USA, 1990. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Since 1980 the United States has increased tenfold its shipments of food to Central America. Supposedly, tis humanitarian aid has alleviated social turmoil and economic underdevelopment in Central America. But has it really been in the best interests of the people it was intended to assist? After nearly two years of research that took them to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Costa Rica, Rachel Garst and Tom Barry have concluded that U. S. food shipments and assistance in agricultural development are, in fact, feeding the crisis in Central American, hurting rather than helping. The findings of Garst and Barry are disturbing. They discovered that increased U. S. food aid to Central America is being used to achieve short-term foreign-policy objectives that undercut long-term U. S. interests. The authors reveal that, instead of being allocated on the basis of need, U. S. food aid is being used to support military programs;… Leer más

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