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The 1.5 billion people question : food, vouchers, or cash transfers? /

This book addresses the thorny and fascinating question of how food and voucher programs, despite theory and evidence generally favoring cash, remain relevant, have evolved, and, in most circumstances, have improved over time. In doing so, we take an evolutionary and pragmatic view; we are intereste...

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Corporate Authors: World Bank Group.
Group Author: Alderman, Harold, 1948- (Editor); Gentilini, Ugo (Editor); Yemtsov, Ruslan (Editor)
Published: World Bank Group,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C. :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Food relief.
Public welfare.
Subsidies.
Food security.
Summary: This book addresses the thorny and fascinating question of how food and voucher programs, despite theory and evidence generally favoring cash, remain relevant, have evolved, and, in most circumstances, have improved over time. In doing so, we take an evolutionary and pragmatic view; we are interested in understanding why food-based programs exist and how countries can benefit from transformations such as that of Chhattisgarh, not in determining whether those programs should exist.
Carrier Form: xxvi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781464810879
1464810877
Index Number: HV696
CLC: C913.7
F307.11
Call Number: F307.11/O585
Contents: The evolution of food as social assistance : an overview / Harold Alderman, Ugo Gentilini, Ruslan Yemtsov -- The public distribution system in India : policy evolution and program delivery trends / Shrayana Bhattacharya, Vanita Leah Falcao, Raghav Puri -- The Tamween fuood subsidy system in Egypt : evolution and recent implemantation reforms / Moustufa Abdalla, Sherine Al-Shawarby -- Food-based social assistance programs in Sri Lanka : evolution and transition to cash transfers / Ganga Tilakaratna, Chinthani Sooriyamudali -- From food subsidies to targeted transfers in Mexico / John Scott, Citlalli Hernández -- Evolution and implementation of the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the United States / Victor Oliveira, Laura Tiehen, Mark Prell, David Smallwood -- Evolution and implementation of the Rastra program in Indonesia / Peter Timmer, Hastuti, Sudarno Sumarto.

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