Cash transfers to families with children are increasingly being restricted to parents who work, while families of non-working parents are receiving a progressively larger share of their benefits in kind. This paper provides an evaluation of the empirical evidence regarding the effects of in-kind...

Food Stamps represent nearly $11 billion of personal income in the United States. The coupons that are issued to represent the purchasing power available to recipients are also reserves for the commercial banking system.This study asks how closely these coupons are substitutable for what is...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted various aspects of life ranging from health, social, economic, and other diverse, in most parts of the world, especially in Indonesia in PT. Astra Agro Lestari. One of the main issues is regarding food security which is currently becoming very...

Policies and programs to improve global nutrition increasingly aim to improve diet quality through systemic change in food environments, often focusing on the availability and price of diverse food items. Almost all of the world’s governments conduct nationally representative surveys of retail...

The food systems approach can contribute to food security and reduced malnutrition levels by identifying key investments and policies throughout the food system, including production, processing, marketing, and consumption of food. However, in countries facing fragility and conflict, it has...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted various aspects of life ranging from health, social, economic, and other diverse, in most parts of the world, especially in Indonesia in PT. N. One of the main issues is regarding food security which is currently becoming very crowded in public...

It is estimated that more than 50 million Americans experienced food insecurity in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the U.S. economy. This is a devastating 42% spike in food insecurity from 2019. Recent data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicates that 35.2 million...

We present a field experiment to study the effects of non-monetary incentives on healthy food choices of 282 children in elementary schools. Previous interventions have typically paid participants for healthy eating, but this often may not be feasible. We introduce a system where food items are...

According to the World Health Organization, undernutrition contributes to about one third of all child deaths, and maternal and child undernutrition account for more than 10% of the global burden of disease. About 20% of deaths among children under-five could be avoided if children would be...