Can food-for-work programmes reduce vulnerability?

Arbeitspapier

Food-for-work (FFW) programmes have been widely heralded as a means of providing self-targeting transfers coupled with investment in public goods. This paper reviews the changing context that has sparked such interest in FFW, the simple theory that makes it so conceptually appealing, and conceptual problems with that simple theory, all illustrated with empirical examples, primarily from east Africa. We conclude with an attempt at distilling some useful rules of thumb as to when, how and why FFW can serve effectively as short-term insurance, a longer-term rehabilitation and development intervention, or both. – famine ; food aid ; poverty ; public employment programmes ; transfers

Object Details

• ISBN: 9291901679
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Discussion Paper ; No. 2002/24

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Development Planning and Policy: General
• Subject: Aktivierende Sozialhilfe ; Nahrungsmittelsubvention ; Ostafrika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Barrett, Christopher B. ; Holden, Stein ; Clay, Daniel C.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2002

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52759
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