A Plan for Rescuing Starving Ethiopians

Publication Date: December 1984

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Edwin J. Jr. Feulner

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Middle East

Type: Report

Coverage: Ethiopia

Abstract:

In its rush to compassion, the United States should not blind itself to the causes of the Ethiopian famine. Relief efforts should be crafted to end--not merely alleviate--the threat of famine in Ethiopia. Its food problems must be solved and not exacerbated by policies that transform a temporary disaster into a permanent one by encouraging continued dependence on external relief.