Self-Targeted Subsidies : The Distributional Impact of the Egyptian Food Subsidy System

Self-Targeted Subsidies : The Distributional Impact of the Egyptian Food Subsidy System

The Egyptian food subsidy system is an untargeted system that is essentially open to all Egyptians. For this reason, the budgetary costs of this system have been high, and the ability of this system to improve the welfare status of the poor has bee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Richard H. Jr.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE
BAKING
BASIC FOODS
BRAN
BREAD
CEREALS
CIGARETTES
EGGS
FOOD AID
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD DEMAND
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD RATIONING
FOOD RIOTS
FOOD STAMPS
FOOD SUBSIDIES
FOOD SUBSIDY
FOOD SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
FOODS
FROZEN FISH
FROZEN MEAT
INCOME
INCOME TRANSFERS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POOR
POVERTY REDUCTION
RICE
SUGAR
TARGETING
TEA
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
WAR
WHEAT FLOUR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/437752/self-targeted-subsidies-distributional-impact-egyptian-food-subsidy-system
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22207

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/437752/self-targeted-subsidies-distributional-impact-egyptian-food-subsidy-system
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22207

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