Economic Anthropology of Development Aid: A Comparative Study on Food Aid Projects in Ethiopia and Zambia

这项关于埃塞俄比亚和赞比亚粮食援助的比较研究考察了国际捐助国和政府如何使粮食援助方案制度化，以及在撒哈拉以南非洲国家发生粮食危机时，这些援助是如何分配给当地人民的。这项为期四年的研究项目的实地调查和行政文件收集表明，埃塞俄比亚和赞比亚在与捐助国的关系以及粮食援助机构方面存在巨大差异。尽管存在这些差异，但这项研究也揭示了捐赠者和政府之间存在着相似的分配逻辑，他们更喜欢有效率地针对受益者和地区，尽管当地人民更喜欢平等地在村民之间尽可能地分享有限的援助食物。

This comparative study on food aid in Ethiopia and Zambia examined how international donor countries and the governments institutionalize the food aid programs and how those aids are distributed among the local people at the time of food crisis in Sub-Saharan African countries. The field surveys and collection of administrative documents in this four years study project reveals that there are huge differences between Ethiopia and Zambia in terms of the relationship with donor countries as well as the institutions of food aid. Despite of these differences this study also reveal that there is a similar distribution logic among donors and the government who prefer an efficiency to target the beneficiaries and the area, although the local people prefer an equality to share the limited aid foods among the villagers as much as possible.