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Poverty alleviation in Mozambique: a multi‐market analysis of the role of food aid
Author(s) -
Dorosh Paul,
Ninno Carlo,
Sahn David E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1995.tb00378.x
Subject(s) - poverty , economics , almost ideal demand system , agriculture , food aid , agricultural economics , econometric analysis , food policy , food prices , food security , food market , international development , development economics , economic growth , geography , macroeconomics , production (economics) , archaeology
The use of food aid in poverty alleviation programs has been hampered by two problems: the inability to target to households in need, and the disincentive effects on agriculture. In this paper, we present econometric estimates of in Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) for households in Maputo, Mozambique, and develop a multi‐market model to show that in Maputo, imported yellow maize is not only self‐targeting, but that owing to a combination of the low cross‐price elasticity with locally produced staples (particularly, white maize) and cross‐border trade in food products, the disincentive effects on domestic agriculture have been negligible.