Document Type

Article

Does "food for peace" assistance damage the Bolivian economy?

Authors

Melvin Burke, University of Maine

Publication Title

Inter-American Economic Affairs

Publisher

Inter-American Affairs Press

Publication Date

Summer 1971

Publisher location

Washington, D.C.

First Page

3

Last Page

19

Issue Number

1

Volume Number

25

Abstract/ Summary

Do commodity surplus shipments in fact "encourage economic development in the developing countries ... that are determined to improve their own agricultural production ... "?¹ Or conversely, is it true that "food aid is damaging to the countries which receive it, and they should be helped to increase the productivity of their own farmers"?² The former Bolivian Minister of Petroleum, Marcelo Quiroga, who was largely responsible for the nationalization of the Gulf Oil subsidiary in his country, apparently believes "Food for Peace" aid is damaging to the Bolivian economy.

Repository Citation

Burke, Melvin, "Does "food for peace" assistance damage the Bolivian economy?" (1971). School of Economics Faculty Scholarship. 5.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/eco_facpub/5

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Burke, M. (1971). Does "food for peace" assistance damage the Bolivian economy? Inter-American Economic Affairs, 25(1), 3-19.

Publisher Statement

© Copyright 1971 by Inter-American Affairs Press

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