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

William J. Violette, Aurélie P. Harou, Joanna B. Upton, Samuel D. Bell, Christopher Barrett, Miguel Gomez and Erin C. Lentz

World Development, 2013, vol. 49, issue C, 30-43

Abstract: Using survey data from natural experiments in three countries that simultaneously received food aid sourced locally and from the United States, we test the hypothesis that locally-sourced commodities are more culturally appropriate and thus preferred over traditional food aid commodities sourced from the donor country. We use a semi-nonparametric regression method to estimate recipients’ satisfaction with these commodities across a range of criteria. We establish that recipients of locally procured rations are generally more satisfied with the commodities they receive than are recipients of US-sourced foods. This pattern is especially pronounced among less-well-off recipients.

Keywords: food aid; consumer preferences; local and regional procurement; ordered probit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.019

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