This paper estimates the impact of cargo preference and US sourcing mandates on the freight costs incurred under the US international emergency food aid program between 2013 and 2024, extending previous work from Hoxie, Mercier, and Smith (2022). The inclusion of additional shipment-level data...

In 2010, the European Commission's Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (DG ECHO) published the 'Humanitarian Food Assistance: From Food Aid to Food Assistance' policy document, its first sector-specific policy, setting the foundation for the development of several other...