Evaluating food transfers in Botswana using multiple matching methods

Michael Wellington, Miranda Mortlock and Pelotshweu Moepeng

Development Southern Africa, 2023, vol. 40, issue 2, 273-292

Abstract: Data from a household survey in Botswana were analysed to assess the effectiveness of food transfers. Food transfers have been contentious, and much assessment has focused on market participation while overlooking direct impacts on hunger. This paper quantitatively assesses food transfers while controlling for selection bias. Responses to food insecurity questions and Body Mass Index of the head of household were tested for association with socioeconomic variables using logistic and ordinal regression. Respondents who were female (p

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1984874

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