Search Results - subject:"Food aid"

The political economy of shipping US food and aid under the cargo preference regime

Button, Kenneth John - In: Maritime economics & logistics : a quarterly scientific … 18 (2016) 4, pp. 353-370

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Incentive and Crowding Out Effects of Food Assistance : Evidence from Randomized Evaluation of Food-for-Training Project in Southern Sudan

Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015

Food assistance is one of the most common forms of safety net programs in postconflict situations. Besides the humanitarian and promotional roles, there are widespread scepticisms of food assistance regarding its possible influence on disincentive to work and on crowding out of private...

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Financing Food Assistance : Options for the World Food Programme to Save Lives and Dollars

Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2015

The World Food Programme has world-class logistics, but its ability to manage financial risk is extremely limited. The WFP procures 100 percent of its food through spot markets, which subjects it to substantial commodity and transport price risks and significant delays delivering food. Relying...

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Reforming the International Legal Regime for Food Aid

Zunckel, Hilton - 2015

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U.S. Food Aid : It's Not Your Parents’ Program Any More!

Barrett, Christopher B. - 2015

Much has changed in the 50 years since modern food aid began with the enactment of U.S. Public Law 480 in 1954. Yet … changes to U.S. food aid programs …

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Recipients' Satisfaction with Locally Procured Food Aid Rations : Comparative Evidence from a Three Country Matched Survey

Violette, William - 2015

Using survey data from natural experiments in three countries that simultaneously received food aid sourced locally and … preferred over traditional food aid commodities sourced from the donor country. We use a semi-nonparametric regression method to …

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Tradeoffs or Synergies? Assessing Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Through Case Studies in Burkina Faso and Guatemala

Harou, Aurélie - 2015

shipment of food aid in Burkina Faso and Guatemala. We find that neither instrument dominates the other across all criteria in …

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The Negligible Welfare Effects of the International Food Aid Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill

Lentz, Erin - 2015

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The Political Economy of Shipping US Food Aid Under the Cargo Preference Regime

Button, Kenneth J. - 2015

of US Government generated goods may affect food aid provision. It considers specifically the efficiency of the current … arrangements whereby 50 percent of food aid has to be moved by US registered ships, and the potential implications of changing this …

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Impact of U.S. Government Food Aid Reforms on the U.S. Shipping Industry : Preliminary Results

Ferris, Wayne - 2015

the impact of proposed reforms of USAID and USDA food aid programs on the U.S. shipping industry. Preliminary results … suggest that food aid reforms will not significantly impact the shipping industry, the U.S. agricultural economy, or the … inadequate. Preliminary results also indicate that the current policy of food aid cargo preference has hampered the ability of …

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