POLS 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Tied Aid, United Nations Office For The Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3320
• Professor: Craig Johnson

Document Summary

Lecture 14: fighting famine: the role of food aid and the politics of famine relief. According to the un somalia is facing a very real risk of famine with more than 6 million people facing acute food insecurity in the country (2017) Humanitarian groups in somalia cautioned there was a small window to stop a repeat of the 2011 famine. Famine was declared in 2011, but the vast majority of deaths due to famine occurred in. Tragically the 2011 crisis is not an isolated case. The response to drought is invariably too little too late, representing a systematic failure of the international system. There has to be a fundamental shift to integrated, long term, flexible programing that aims to reduce the risks faced by people whose livelihoods are extremely vulnerable. Recommendations: manage the risks not the crisis, earlier drought response the charter to end world hunger.