Calculating food-aid cost-effectiveness: Evidence from Ethiopia

Author(s)
Fitzpatrick, Jim
Storey, Andy
Editor(s)
Pratt, Brian
Publication date
1991-11-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Food and livelihoods
Keywords
Development methods
Food security
World Bank and IMF

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130089
DOI
10.1080/096145249100076381
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
These Notes are based on research carried out as part of a World Bank/World Food Programme study into food aid in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors use economic analyses to establish a framework for considering the cost-effectiveness of food aid compared to financial aid, and they apply this framework to the Wollaita food aid project. Food aid is shown to be less cost-effective than financial aid if the cost/benefit analysis is confined to monetary considerations. Problems arise when trying to quantify other variables that may affect the analysis, for example nutritional costs/benefits and increased/decreased production (the Wolliata project is a food-for-work (FFW) scheme).
Pages
8
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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