Emergency and Relief Operations

This chapter focuses on WFP’s emergency and relief assistance. It traces the trends and directions in its emergency aid over more than three decades; describes the different types of emergencies that have been addressed; examines the main reasons for WFP’s increasing involvement in disaster relief; summarizes the linkages between its relief and development assistance; and draws conclusions and raises issues for future concern. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.