The 1.5 Billion People Question : Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers?

Most of the people in low and middle-income countries covered by social protection receive assistance in the form of in-kind food. The origin of such support is rooted in countries’ historical pursuit of three interconnected objectives, namely attaining self-sufficiency in food, managing domestic fo...

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Main Authors:	Alderman, Harold, Gentilini, Ugo, Yemtsov, Ruslan
Format:	Book
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFERS IN-KIND TRANSFERS FOOD ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION FOOD PRICES AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NETS TARGETING FOOD SUBSIDIES VOUCHERS FOOD STAMPS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27907

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spelling	okr-10986-279072021-04-23T14:04:47Z The 1.5 Billion People Question : Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers? Alderman, Harold Gentilini, Ugo Yemtsov, Ruslan Alderman, Harold Gentilini, Ugo Yemtsov, Ruslan Abdalla, Moustafa Al-Shawarby, Sherine Bhattacharya, Shrayana Falcao, Vanita Leah Hastuti Hernández, Citlalli Oliveira, Victor Prell, Mark Puri, Raghav Scott, John Smallwood, David Sooriyamudali, Chinthani Sumarto, Sudarno Tiehen, Laura Tilakaratna, Ganga Timmer, Peter CASH TRANSFERS IN-KIND TRANSFERS FOOD ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION FOOD PRICES AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NETS TARGETING FOOD SUBSIDIES VOUCHERS FOOD STAMPS Most of the people in low and middle-income countries covered by social protection receive assistance in the form of in-kind food. The origin of such support is rooted in countries’ historical pursuit of three interconnected objectives, namely attaining self-sufficiency in food, managing domestic food prices, and providing income support to the poor. This volume sheds light on the complex, bumpy and non-linear process of how some flagship food-based social protection programs have evolved over time, and how they currently work. In particular, it lays out the broad trends in reforms, including a growing move from in-kind modalities to cash transfers, from universality to targeting, and from agriculture to social protection. Case studies from Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and United States document the specific experiences of managing the process of reform and implementation, including enhancing our understanding of the opportunities and challenges with different social protection transfer modalities. 2017-08-17T14:38:21Z 2017-08-17T14:38:21Z 2018 Book 978-1-4648-1087-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27907 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication India Egypt Sri Lanka Mexico United States Indonesia
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description	Most of the people in low and middle-income countries covered by social protection receive assistance in the form of in-kind food. The origin of such support is rooted in countries’ historical pursuit of three interconnected objectives, namely attaining self-sufficiency in food, managing domestic food prices, and providing income support to the poor. This volume sheds light on the complex, bumpy and non-linear process of how some flagship food-based social protection programs have evolved over time, and how they currently work. In particular, it lays out the broad trends in reforms, including a growing move from in-kind modalities to cash transfers, from universality to targeting, and from agriculture to social protection. Case studies from Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and United States document the specific experiences of managing the process of reform and implementation, including enhancing our understanding of the opportunities and challenges with different social protection transfer modalities.
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title	The 1.5 Billion People Question : Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers?
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