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The Evaluation of the Impacts of Title II Monetization Programs for Wheat and Crude Edible Oils in Mozambique, 1997-2007

Donovan, Cynthia; Zavale, Helder; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

From 1997-2007, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Title II monetization programs sold more … document the lessons learned from past monetization programs in Mozambique; 2) to identify the intended and unintended effects … of monetization in Mozambique; and 3) to document indirect successes as a result of using monetization in Mozambique, if …

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Food Aid Allocation Policies: Donor Coordination and Responsiveness to the Needs of Recipient Countries

Kuhlgatz, Christian; Abdulai, Awudu; Barrett, Christopher B. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

This study employs a multivariate Tobit model to investigate whether food aid flows of the main donor countries – USA, EU (Community Aid and Member States), Canada, Japan and Australia – respond to recipient countries’ needs and the extent to which the donors interact in their food aid...

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Food Aid and Biofuels: The Effects of Biofuel Policies on Procurement and Delivery

Cardwell, Ryan T.; Kerr, William A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

The food-aid community almost unanimously condemns policies that encourage crop production for fuel. Both food-aid donors and recipients are concerned that biofuels will increase foodgrain prices and leave donors unable to meet commitments. The effects of biofuel-induced higher cereal prices on...

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Micro-credit impact in Kyrgyzstan: A study case

Angioloni, Simone; Kudabaev, Zarylbek; Ames, Glenn C.W.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

Microcredit has expanded rapidly since its beginnings in the last 1970s, but whether and how much it reduces poverty is the subject of intense debate. Generally it depends on how the program is implemented and the set of policies that regulate it. In this spirit, microcredit impacts in the...

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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A FOOD SECURITY COMMODITY RESERVE: COMMODITY VS. CASH

Young, C. Edwin; Westcott, Paul C.; Hoffman, Linwood A.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999

The cost of operating the Food Security Commodity Reserve as a commodity reserve was compared with the cost of a cash reserve to purchase food aid supplies only in the period of need. Preliminary simulation results reveal the cash reserve to be less costly in almost all cases.

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POLICY OPTIONS TO STABILIZE FOOD SUPPLIES: A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Trueblood, Michael A.; Shapouri, Shahla; Henneberry, … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001

For the southern Africa region, both a grain stocking program and an import insurance program would have reduced food supply variability more than historical food aid during 1970-95. The stocking program and the import insurance program would have been less expensive than food aid from a donor...

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Food Aid and the WTO: Can New Rules Be Effective?

Cardwell, Ryan T. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 09 (2008) 1

A new Agreement on Agriculture from the Doha Development Agenda negotiations is certain to contain binding rules on food aid shipments. Negotiating parties are concerned that food aid has been used as a form of export competition policy, and they seek the use of coercive WTO legislation to...

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Options for World Trade Organization Involvement in Food Aid

Young, Linda M. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 03 (2002) 1

WTO members have presented diverse positions on food aid issues to the current round of negotiations on agriculture. Some members desire increased disciplines on food aid, while others are adamant that the WTO needs to fulfill past promises and meet the current need to increase the food security...

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Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement: An Assessment of Experience in Africa and Elements of Good Donor Practice.

Tschirley, David L.; Castillo, Anne Marie del - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007

This report discusses the potential for procurement of food aid in local/regional markets to improve the effectiveness of response to food emergency victims. The paper examines the relevance of local/regional procurement (LRP) to donors and the rationale for using it, reviews LRP’s efficiency...

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Linking Emergency Response to Need in “Food Emergencies”

Tschirley, David L.; Staatz, John M.; Donovan, Cynthia - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007

When an emergency occurs, agencies must make quick decisions on how to help people facing severe food insecurity. This paper addresses the challenges of designing appropriate responses that are linked to identified needs of affected households and individuals. The primary goal of any response is...

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