Cash Versus Food for Public Works Programs

S.M. Dev and Ajit Ranade

Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-

Abstract: This paper makes a distinction between relief work (as in situations of crises, wherein food-aid is appropriate and often imperative) and public works programs, which have become essential ingredients of poverty alleviation strategies.

Keywords: POVERTY; SOCIAL WELFARE; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; FINANCIAL AID (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 1998
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