Sometimes, when those dollars are earmarked for specific equipment or food purchases, donations are about clandestinely subsidizing industry or agriculture back

Sometimes, when those dollars are earmarked for specific equipment or food purchases, donations are about clandestinely subsidizing industry or agriculture back home. In the case of food aid, this is especially pernicious, because these foreign food purchases flood local markets and undermine local food production, often making the food-availability situation worst post-donation.