Rhetoric and Reality: The management of Botswana's 1982-88 drought relief programme

Autor:	Stephen Lyons, Colin Simmons
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Economic growth Optimism media_common.quotation_subject Political science Geography Planning and Development Rhetoric Food aid Disbursement Development Praise media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of International Development. 4:607-631
ISSN:	1099-1328 0954-1748
DOI:	10.1002/jid.3380040604
Popis:	Botswana has experienced rapid economic growth over the past two decades, which has attracted much praise. While many of its citizens remained reliant on food aid programmes during the recent drought of 1982–88, both the coverage and management of the relief programme were seen as outstanding by development economists and aid planners alike. This paper argues that such optimism is based more on broad aggregate levels of aid disbursement rather than data obtained from actual field studies. Using micro-level data on food aid flows, the paper argues that such praise for the aid programme is not justified, as there existed serious deficiencies in food provision to many of the most vulnerable groups.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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