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Food aid impacts on recipient developing countries: A review of empirical methods and evidence
Author(s) -
Awokuse Titus O.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1680
Subject(s) - food aid , developing country , empirical evidence , economics , agriculture , empirical research , agricultural productivity , public economics , food processing , business , food security , economic growth , political science , geography , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , law
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. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.