Food security edit monday dec 6
Transcript of Food security edit monday dec 6
“It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We
have had people die when there are surpluses
in the markets.”
~Andrew Natsios
Core Values
• Right to Food • Moral
Obligation
Commons
• Biodiversity • Water Supply
Coordination
• Distribution • Agricultural
Policy
Type of Institution
Coordination Commons Core Values
Non-state Action Red Cross FAIN CGIAR
Food First World Vision Oxfam
Internal Control Domestic Ag. Policy (WTO)
Domestic Ag. Policy (WTO)
USAID
Mutual recognition
NAFTA NAFTA
Consensual rules Food Aid Convention
Delegation WFP/ FAO
Withdrawal
• States as Major Actors
• Lack of Autonomy • Explains Several
Organizations • Limited (ex. WTO)
Realism
• More Autonomy • Better explains
WTO and other organizations
• Limited Inst.
Real. • Lack of Autonomy • Conflicting
Mandates
Inst. • Does not address
performance
Policy Agenda Setting
Adjudication Monetary Collection Enforcement Distribution
Following the State
FAC/WTO FAO WFP
Running My Own Game
Performance Implications: • Pathology • “Eye of the Beholder” • Mission Creep • Normalization of Deviance
Delegated Moral Expert
FAO Low High High
WFP High Moderate Moderate
WTO Moderate Low Low
FAO: Bloated Organization
• Centralized Authority
• Insufficient demarcation and cooperation
WFP: Strong Autonomy
• Dynamic administrative structure
• Appropriately delegated authorities
WTO: Legitimacy Crisis
• Driven by member states
• Lack of Consensus
Internal Performance Implications: • Inefficiencies • Conflicting Mandates and Interests • Overlapping Policies
“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of
nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
~Charles Darwin