Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80916 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/34
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper provides an overview on the impacts of food aid. We consider its effects on consumption, nutrition, food markets and labour supply, as well as the extent to which it exacerbates or mitigates conflict. We also consider the comparative evidence on alternatives to food aid including evidence on cost, impact, relative risks and beneficiary preferences. We note that there are two large gaps in the extant literature: the comparative effects of food and cash assistance at the household level; and the causal links between food aid and conflict.
Subjects: 
food aid
humanitarian assistance
social protection
disincentives
conflict
JEL: 
H84
O1
O19
Q18
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-497-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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