Food Assistance Policy and Institutions in the United States and European Union

Controversy and disagreement abound within the world of international food assistance. Significant and enduring differences are evident in many U.S. and EU policies, programs, and institutions, including the appropriate uses of food assistance, the impacts of practices such as food aid tying and monetization, the most effective and efficient institutional architecture for administering emergency food assistance and longer-term food-security programs, and even the definition of food assistance itself.