Understanding and Improving Food Aid Targeting in Rural Ethiopia

Thomas S. Jayne (), John Strauss, Takashi Yamano () and Daniel Molla

No 50, International Development Policy Syntheses from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: This paper identifies the factors driving the allocations of food aid in Ethiopia. We determine both how food aid is allocated across rural regions, reflecting the targeting criteria of the federal government, as well as how aid is allocated within regions, reflecting the decisions of local authorities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Devising a measure of "need" is difficult and controversial and there is no consensus on how to do so. Income is agreed by most analysts to be an imperfect measure of need, yet it is arguably the best single indicator of need in the absence of more detailed anthropometric information. Econometric analysis is used to examine the degree to which food aid is targeted according to pre-aid per capita household income, as well as to other factors. The paper also identifies factors associated with low incomes at regional- and household-levels, in order to be helpful to donors, NGOs and governments in their efforts to improve the targeting of food aid.

Keywords: food security; food policy; food aid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written

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Working Paper: UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING FOOD AID TARGETING IN RURAL ETHIOPIA (1999)
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