Jackson, Tony

From 20 November to 22 December 1986, Tony Jackson visited Thailand as a member of the first World Food Programme (WFP) evaluation mission to look at the UN Border Relief Operation (UNBRO). A dozen NGOs, funded by UNBRO, provided specialized services for refugees from Cambodia. As an NGO staff member from an agency not working […]

For years food has been gien to Third World countries to help in their development. But it has made little impact. Too often the food aid tail wags the development dog. Yet the effectiveness of food aid as a tool for development has gone virtually unchallenged.