This paper examines the effect of U.S. food aid on conflict in recipient countries. To establish a causal relationship, we exploit time variation in food aid caused by fluctuations in U.S. wheat production together with cross-sectional variation in a country's tendency to receive any food aid...

George Mason University (GMU), School of Policy, Government and International Affairs (SPGIA), is conducting a study of the impact of proposed reforms of USAID and USDA food aid programs on the U.S. shipping industry. Preliminary results suggest that food aid reforms will not significantly...

The Obama Administration's Feed the Future Initiative / Marian L. Lawson, Randy Schnepf and Nicolas Cool -- Achieving impact : leadership and partnership to Feed the Future (U.S. Government efforts to fight hunger, poverty and malnutrition) / Feed the Future.