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Making ends meet in refugee camps: Food distribution cycles, consumption and undernutrition

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creativework.datePublishedReceived 12 January 2023, Revised 12 June 2024, Accepted 14 June 2024, Available online 19 July 2024, Version of Record 19 July 2024.
dc.contributor.authorAubery, Frederic
dc.contributor.authorBuisson, Marie-Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-15T20:12:27Z
dc.date.available2024-11-15T20:12:27Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-15
dc.description.abstractYears after the initial settlement, food aid remains an essential component of humanitarian assistance for protracted refugees in managed camps. From data collected among refugee households in three camps in southern Chad and an exogenous variation of time between the latest food distribution and households’ interviews, we draw the time path of household’s consumption. Consistent with the literature on intertemporal choices in high-income countries, refugee households experience an average decline of 1.1 to 1.5 percent per day in their daily caloric intake between distributions. The short-term nutritional status of children under five also responds to the distance from food aid distribution and confirms the existence of food distribution cycles. Our results suggest that households don’t smooth consumption during the interval of time between two distributions, and face regular and frequent cycles of food shortage resulting in detrimental consequences on children’s health.en
dc.identifier.citationFood Policy, Volume 128, October 2024, 102666
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42427
dc.identifier.issn0306-9192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42427
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFood Policy; Volume 128, October 2024, 102666
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectFOOD DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectTIME PREFERENCE
dc.titleMaking ends meet in refugee campsen
dc.title.subtitleFood distribution cycles, consumption and undernutritionen
dc.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919224000770 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleMaking ends meet in refugee camps: Food distribution cycles, consumption and undernutrition
okr.date.disclosure2024-11-15
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102666
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42427
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Food & Nutrition Policy
okr.volume128
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