Tag: Hunger

• September 18, 2020

  “The Other Way COVID Will Kill: Hunger”

  That is the title of a recent New York Times article, by Peter S. Goodman, Abdi Latif Dahir, and Karan Deep Singh, on how complications driven by the spread of the coronavirus has led to increased challenges for many people in accessing nutritious and healthy food. The article is a tour de force—reporting from Afghanistan, South Africa, India, South…
• October 12, 2015

  Reforming Global Food Aid

  A small but important slice of the US federal budget contributes to global food aid intended to help the hungry around the world. Recently the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a forum to discuss reforms. The panel of experts included former US Secretary of Agriculture Glickman, former Chief Administrator of USAID Dr. Rajiv Shah, Professor…
• May 1, 2014

  Links I Like [4.14]

  1. What do development economists do? 2. Economists Aren’t All Bad Including the origins of the characterization “the dismal science”. 3. When Blind is Not Beautiful A response to that blistering post by the Boring Development blog about development field experiments not using double blind placebo methodology. 4. The Politics of Hunger: How Illusion and Greed Fan…