from Vol. 4, No. 4, 1950
By Sir Gerard Clauson, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.
FAO’s early years were another age in global politics and social attitudes; it was primarily through technical assistance to “underdeveloped” countries that FAO wove knowledge into development. Today’s approaches place more emphasis on technical cooperation and networking.
Sir Gerard Clauson was Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Colonial Office, London, United Kingdom – a department that disappeared in the 1960s with independence of the colonies.