Title: Synthesis report on the famine forum.

POPLINE Document Number: 276706

Author(s):

Sheckler AC
Shortley T
Swindale A
Lautze S

Source citation:

Washington, D.C., United States Agency for International Development [USAID], Office of Food for Peace, 2004 May. 8 p. (USAID Cooperative Agreement No. HRN-A-00-98-00046-00)

Abstract:

In response to the 2002 National Security Strategy, USAID issued its White Paper, Foreign Aid: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century. The White Paper outlines USAID’s proposed reforms and guiding principles to increase development aid effectiveness and policy coherence. In it, the developing world is divided into two groups of countries: relatively stable developing countries and fragile states. USAID’s strategy for fragile states has significant implications for how USAID responds to the challenges of famine in a constantly shifting global context. According to the White Paper: Fragile states include those on a downward spiral towards crisis and chaos, some that are recovering from conflict and crisis, and others that are essentially failed states. The challenge for these countries is to strengthen institutions, basic governance and stability, and thereby join the group of countries where more conventional development cooperation and progress are possible. (excerpt)

Keywords:

USAID
Famine
International Cooperation
Food Supply
Capacity Building
Foreign Aid
Malnutrition
Mortality
Government Agencies
Organizations
Natural Resources
Environment
Program Sustainability
Programs
Organization and Administration
Financial Activities
Economic Factors
Nutrition Disorders
Diseases
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population