The Aid trap. Parts 1 & 2

United Kingdom, 1987

TV show
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Episode of Series “Politics of food”.
Wealthy western nations in more recent times, have given aid to poorer nations struck by disasters such as famine, flood and war. The primary purpose of aid is to strengthen a political relationship between allies. Both parts of the video compare situations in Kerala and Bangladesh in terms of food distibution and programmes to prevent problems caused by overpopulation. At the time of production, food distribution in Bangladesh was hampered by corrupt political infra-structures in some areas, while education was not a high priority. In Kerala the effects of sound educational programmes and a fairer distribution of resources was examined.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

co-director

Chris Bryer

Derek Jones

producer

Judith Weymont

production company

Yorkshire Television

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1987

Appears in

Politics of food

Group of items

Politics of food

Explore

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/99423--the-aid-trap-parts-1-2/ |title=The Aid trap. Parts 1 & 2 |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=21 April 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}