We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict...

This chapter discusses both food security and food assistance programs. The latter are a response to threats to the former, so the topics are best treated jointly. First I review the concept of food security, then presents a basic analytical model of food security, approached as a subtopic of...

The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...