Christopher B. Barrett is Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Applied Economics and Management, and Co-Director of the African Food Security and Natural Resources Management Program, Cornell University, USA. He is the Co-author of Food Aid after Fifty Years and Editor of The Social Economics of Poverty, also published by Routledge.Julia Steets is Associate Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin.

• 1. Uniting on food assistance: The case for transatlantic cooperation Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder, and Julia Steets 2. The challenging path to a global food assistance architecture Alexander Gaus and Julia Steets 3. Food assistance policy and institutions in the United States and European Union Alexander Gaus, Cynthia Mathys, and Julia Steets 4. Gathering and analyzing information for food assistance Andrea Binder 5. Expanding the food assistance toolbox Joanna Upton and Erin Lentz 6. Quality and safety of food assistance Kira Villa and Cynthia Mathys 7. Moving food assistance forward Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder, Alex Gaus, Erin C. Lentz, Cynthia Mathys, Julia Steets, Joanna B. Upton, and Kira Villa