In early 2016, Malawi suffered its second consecutive year of harvest failure.
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We assessed the impact of Burundi's Tubaramure Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) program on linear growth.
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs have long been used to address hunger and hunger-related problems. Traditionally, such programs targeted families with underweight children younger than five.
Following poor harvests in the 2015/16 cropping season in Malawi, vulnerability assessments found that nearly 6.7 million people, primarily in the Southern and Central regions, were likely to suffer from food insecurity before the next harvest.
In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades.
Tangible information and citizen empowerment: Identification cards and food subsidy programs in Indonesia
Could mailing cards with program information to targeted beneficiaries increase the amount they receive from a subsidized rice program?
Food for Peace Reform Act
This book addresses the thorny and fascinating question of how food and voucher programs, despite theory and evidence generally favoring cash, remain relevant, have evolved, and, in most circumstances, have improved over time.
Export competition issues after Nairobi: The recent World Trade Organization agreements and their implications for developing countries
This paper reviews, from the perspective of developing countries, the recent agreement reached at the 10th WTO Ministerial at Nairobi related to export competition, including exports subsidies, food aid, export credits and guarantees, and state tr
Centralized implementation mandates of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) require a full and uniform payment to each person in an eligible household.
Costing alternative transfer modalities
Mapping the impacts of food aid
Discussions regarding the merits of cash and food transfers by academics and implementers alike focus on their relative impacts. Much less is known about their relative costs.