Food Aid in Sudan

A History of Power, Politics and Profit

AvSusanne Jaspars

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa

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Beskrivning

In 2004, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan called Darfur the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. A comprehensive food aid programme soon followed, at the time the largest in the world. Yet by 2014, while the crisis continued, international agencies found they had limited access to much of the population, with the Sudanese regime effectively controlling who received aid. As a result, acute malnutrition remains persistently high.Food Aid in Sudan argues that the situation in Sudan is emblematic of a far wider problem. Analysing the history of food aid in the country over fifty years, Jaspars shows that such aid often serves to enrich local regimes and the private sector while leaving war-torn populations in a state of permanent emergency. Drawing on her decades of experience as an aid worker and researcher in the region, and extensive interviews with workers in the food aid process, Jaspars brings together two key topics of our time: the failure of the humanitarian system to respond to today’s crises, and the crisis in the global food system.Essential reading for students and researchers across the social sciences studying the nature and effectiveness of contemporary humanitarianism, development and international aid.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-15
Mått:136 x 214 x 18 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781786992086

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Susanne Jaspars has worked in the field of humanitarian aid for over thirty years, both as a practitioner and researcher. She has worked for Medecins sans Frontieres, Oxfam, and the World Food Programme, in countries across east and central Africa. She has also conducted research for the Overseas Development Institute, and currently serves on the editorial board of the International Humanitarian Studies Association. Her previous works include Nutrition Matters: People, Food and Famine (co-authored with Helen Young, 1995).

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A superb account of the intertwining of nutritional science, politics and humanitarian crisis in Sudan over fifty years. This is an essential book for all students of humanitarianism.

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Preface1. Introduction: Food Aid and PowerThe Crisis in SudanWhat is Food Aid?Analysing Food Aid, Power and GovernanceFood Aid in SudanThe Challenges of Fieldwork in Sudan2. From Managing States and Supporting Livelihoods to Abandoning PopulationsManaging States: Food Aid to Strengthen States and Benefit DonorsManaging Lives: Food Aid to Save Lives and Protect LivelihoodsAbandoning Populations: Food Aid, Global Instability and ResilienceConclusions3. Food Aid in Sudan: Government and Private Sector ResponseSudan’s Protracted Crisis: Food, Governance and InequalityThe Early Years of Food Aid in Sudan: Urban Food Subsidies, Uneven Development and RefugeesChanges in Quantities and Types of International Food Aid in SudanThe Famines of the 1980s and the Manipulation of Food AidIslamism, Self-sufficiency and WarControl over International Agencies and the Sudanisation of Food AidConclusions4. The Effects of Food Aid Practices in North DarfurAn Overview of Drought, Famine and Conflict in North DarfurFood Aid in Response to Drought and Famine (the 1980s and 1990s)The Darfur Crisis: Food Aid in the Early Years (2003–07)The Later Years (2008–14): Reduced Food Aid and Access RestrictionsIndirect Effects of Reduced Food AidAre People Still Coping?Conclusions5. Perceptions of Food Aid: Politics, Dependency and Denial of Permanent EmergencyA Country of Food Aid ExpertsThe Government View of Food AidInternational Agencies: De-politicisation and AbandonmentInternational Agencies: The Denial of Permanent EmergencyAlternative Perceptions of Food Aid: Politics, War and Economic BenefitsConclusions6. ConclusionsWhat Brought about Change?Continuities?Impact of Food Aid Practices in Sudan’s Protracted EmergencyImplications for Humanitarian and Food Aid OperationsAppendix 1: Chronology of Key Political Events in Sudan