Filling the Gaps: Consolidating Evidence on the Design of Alternative Targeted Food Programmes in Bangladesh

Paul Dorosh (paul.dorosh@gmail.com) and Steven Haggblade
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Steven Haggblade: Senior Research Associate with the Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Programmes and served as Chief of Party for the IFPRI project in Bangladesh from March 1992 through July 1994

Bangladesh Development Studies, 1995, vol. 23, issue 3-4, 47-80

Abstract: Over the past 25 years, Bangladesh's targeted food programmes have varied substantially In the commodities distributed, seasons of operation, and targeting mechanisms. This paper attempts to generalize from this broad programming experience by using a seasonal multi-market model to analyze the consequences of existing and hypothetical programme designs. Analysis points to several design features—increasing monetization of wheat followed by cash payments to workers, particularly in Food for Work; more attention to the timing of income and wheat supply injections; and continued targeting of female-headed households—that offer potential gains in programme efficiency, target group incomes, and calorie consumption of the poor.

Keywords: Wheat; Dry seasons; Commodities; Cash; Food policy; Wheat prices; Food rationing; Income elasticity of demand; Development studies; Food consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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