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Food aid impacts on recipient developing countries: A review of empirical methods and evidence

✍ Scribed by Titus O. Awokuse

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 173 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0954-1748
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1680

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✦ Synopsis

This paper surveys the economic literature on the effects of food aid on recipient developing countries. It reviews the conceptual and empirical challenges associated with evaluating the impact of food aid and surveys the main analytical techniques that are used in such evaluations. It then summarises the available empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on national economic development, domestic agricultural production and markets, commercial trade and the nutritional status of recipients.

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