The Egyptian Food Subsidy System: Structure, Performance, and Options for Reform

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Research Report 119
The Egyptian Food Subsidy System: Structure, Performance, and Options for Reform
by Akhter U.Ahmed, Howarth E. Bouis, Tamar Gutner, and Hans Lofgren
2001
 

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Abstract Full Report
  • Table of Contents, Tables, Figures, Foreword, Acknowledgements, and Summary
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The Policy Context
  • Chapter 3: How the Present Food Subsidy System Operates
  • Chapter 4: Household Surveys and Other Information Sources
  • Chapter 5: The Geographic Allocation and Household-Level Use of Food Subsidies
  • Chapter 6: Leakage, Targeting, and Cost-Effectiveness
  • Chapter 7: Patterns of Food Demand
  • Chapter 8: Policy Options and Their Simulated General Equilibrium Effects
  • Chapter 9: Conclusions for Policy
  • Appendix A: Method for Estimating Food Subsidy Cost
  • Appendix B: Estimating the Pro µtability of Baladi Bread Production
  • Appendix C: Leakage Estimation Method and Data
  • Appendix D: Mathematical Formulation for the Food Demand Model, Based on Demand for Characteristics
  • Appendix E: The Computable General Equilibrium Model
  • Appendix F: Supplementary Tables
  • References and About the Authors

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