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5 Food aid and private–public cooperation in Egypt

Abstract

This chapter analyses the installation and development of Egypt CARE mission. It examines the attempts of all three parties: the private non governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as both governments to use this cooperation as a means to reach particular individual goals. From CARE's perspective, the Egyptian program offered the chance to expand its outreach, expertise, and geographical focus as well as an opportunity to serve a maximum number of hungry people with a minimum amount of private investment. In order to formalize the newly established relations, President Nasser decreed the setting up of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) which was to deal with and coordinate American voluntary agency activities in Egypt. The food commodities entering the country under the CARE contract, by contrast, were almost free of charge and replaced a good part of those food imports which would otherwise have been necessary.

Abstract

This chapter analyses the installation and development of Egypt CARE mission. It examines the attempts of all three parties: the private non governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as both governments to use this cooperation as a means to reach particular individual goals. From CARE's perspective, the Egyptian program offered the chance to expand its outreach, expertise, and geographical focus as well as an opportunity to serve a maximum number of hungry people with a minimum amount of private investment. In order to formalize the newly established relations, President Nasser decreed the setting up of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) which was to deal with and coordinate American voluntary agency activities in Egypt. The food commodities entering the country under the CARE contract, by contrast, were almost free of charge and replaced a good part of those food imports which would otherwise have been necessary.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of figures vi
  4. List of tables viii
  5. Acknowledgements ix
  6. Abbreviations xi
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1 Setting up a non-profit enterprise (1945–47) 13
  9. 2 From Europe to Asia and beyond (1948–55) 43
  10. 3 In search of a new mission in Korea 92
  11. 4 New cooperative horizons (1955–61) 109
  12. 5 Food aid and private–public cooperation in Egypt 145
  13. 6 From American relief to international development cooperation (1961–68) 167
  14. 7 CARE and the Peace Corps 214
  15. 8 Toward multinational enterprise (1969–80) 239
  16. Conclusion 276
  17. Bibliography 288
  18. Index 317
The NGO CARE and food aid from America, 1945–80
This chapter is in the book The NGO CARE and food aid from America, 1945–80
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526117229.00012

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of figures vi
  4. List of tables viii
  5. Acknowledgements ix
  6. Abbreviations xi
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1 Setting up a non-profit enterprise (1945–47) 13
  9. 2 From Europe to Asia and beyond (1948–55) 43
  10. 3 In search of a new mission in Korea 92
  11. 4 New cooperative horizons (1955–61) 109
  12. 5 Food aid and private–public cooperation in Egypt 145
  13. 6 From American relief to international development cooperation (1961–68) 167
  14. 7 CARE and the Peace Corps 214
  15. 8 Toward multinational enterprise (1969–80) 239
  16. Conclusion 276
  17. Bibliography 288
  18. Index 317
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