Revisiting the 'Cash versus Food' Debate

• Tác giả: Gentilini Ugo
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 808.53 Debating
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2017
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 309977
• Chủ đề: 1. CASH TRANSFERS; 2. FOOD SECURITY; 3. POLITICAL ECONOMY; 4. SAFETY NET; 5. SOCIAL PROTECTION

Tóm tắt

The longstanding "cash versus food" debate has received renewed attention in both research and practice. This paper reviews key issues shaping the debate and presents new evidence from randomized and quasi-experimental evaluations that deliberately compare cash and in-kind food transfers in ten developing counties. Findings show that relative effectiveness cannot be generalized: although some differences emerge in terms of food consumption and dietary diversity, average impacts tend to depend on context, specific objectives, their measurement, and program design. Costs for cash transfers and vouchers tend to be significantly lower relative to in-kind food. Yet the consistency and robustness of methods for efficiency analyses varies greatly.