countries. In Egypt and some other countries it has put food subsidy schemes to the test. This paper develops two comparable … computable general equilibrium models for Egypt and Ukraine which are used to simulate direct and indirect impacts of the food … targeting of the poor population. -- Food subsidy ; agriculture ; price shock ; poverty ; Ukraine ; Egypt …

The study focuses on the period 2004-09 during which Egypt experienced food crisis. The political economy context on …, agricultural, and economic policies in Egypt together with the structural aspects of the food subsidy policies are discussed and … evaluated from a political economy perspective. Prospects for reform or lack thereof are also analysed in the context of the 25 …