Food aid is a controversial form of development assistance and this book, first published in 1979, seeks to counter allegations from critics by taking account of both direct and indirect affects. Based on field research in Tunisia, Botswana, Upper Volta and Lesotho, it considers aid from the UK, EEC, USAID, the World Food Programme, Canada and France, and draws a number of policy-orientated conclusions about the impact of food aid on nutrition, consumer prices and agricultural production. In the light of the evidence from field studies it is shown that many of the claims advanced by food aid...
Food aid is a controversial form of development assistance and this book, first published in 1979, seeks to counter allegations from critics by taking...
Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of" Carry On" filmsand as a peerless raconteur on TV chat shows, he was also acclaimed for serious stage roles. "Born Brilliant"will include much previously unseen material from Williams's candid daily journal and also draw on rare in-depth interviews with friends and colleagues. Since the publication of edited extracts from his diaries, muchcontroversy has surrounded Williams'spersonal and professional lives. This biography traces the complex contradictions that characterized an extraordinary life and...
Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of" Carry On" filmsand as a peerless raconteur on TV chat ...
