The cost of cargo preference for international food aid programs

Vincent Smith, Philip Hoxie and Stephanie Mercier
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Vincent Smith: American Enterprise Institute
Philip Hoxie: American Enterprise Institute

AEI Economic Perspectives, 2020

Abstract: The federal government annually appropriates funds for food aid programs that the US Agency for International Development manages to benefit some of the neediest individuals in the world. This report analyzes how one interest group, the US maritime industry, has managed to obtain rents from the Title II food aid program through cargo preference requirements in the name of national security.

Keywords: Food Assistance; Maritime; Mercantile Policy; Title II; United States Agency For International Development (USAID) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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