Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
James Levinsohn and
Margaret McMillan
No 11048, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Abstract:
This paper uses household-level data from Ethiopia to investigate the impact of food aid on the poor. We find that food aid in Ethiopia is "pro-poor." Our results indicate that (i) net buyers of wheat are poorer than net sellers of wheat, (ii) there are more buyers of wheat than sellers of wheat at all levels of income, (iii) the proportion of net sellers is increasing in living standards and (iv) net benefit ratios are higher for poorer households indicating that poorer households benefit proportionately more from a drop in the price of wheat. In light of this evidence, it appears that households at all levels of income benefit from food aid and that - somewhat surprisingly - the benefits go disproportionately to the poorest households.
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Date: 2005-01
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Published as Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia , James Levinsohn, Margaret McMillan. in Globalization and Poverty , Harrison. 2007
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