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Comparative Impacts of Input Subsidies, Irrigation Investments, and Social Cash Transfers on Food and Nutrition Security in Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorMatita, Mirriam
dc.contributor.authorZingwe, David
dc.contributor.authorDizon, Felipe
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T19:30:38Z
dc.date.available2024-05-20T19:30:38Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-20
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the impact of farm input subsidies, food and cash transfers, and irrigation investments on the dietary diversity, food consumption scores, and coping strategy index in Malawi. Despite the potential for synergies to address a range of vulnerabilities affecting food consumption, very few studies focus on combined program effects. The analysis employs three-waves of integrated household panel surveys for Malawi from 2013, 2016, and 2019, and uses instrumental variable Poisson and Tobit regression to address endogeneity. The findings show weak joint program participation effects, which may be due to program design or data limitations in this evaluation. Households that receive food and cash transfers showed improvements in diet diversity and the food consumption score. Input subsidies were less effective in helping households cope with food insecurity and reduced diet diversity and the food consumption score. This suggests that overreliance on agricultural input subsidies may lead to reduced variety in food consumption. Policies that are aimed at more linkages between programs should also diversity and rebalance public spending to reduce food and nutrition insecurity.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099336405202431646/IDU1f657cd6a183a5143921b0791c9d6c882a4c7
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10778
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41568
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10778
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectINPUT SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectDIET DIVERSITY
dc.subjectAGRIBUSINESS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectZERO HUNGER
dc.subjectSDG 2
dc.titleComparative Impacts of Input Subsidies, Irrigation Investments, and Social Cash Transfers on Food and Nutrition Security in Malawien
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleComparative Impacts of Input Subsidies, Irrigation Investments, and Social Cash Transfers on Food and Nutrition Security in Malawi
okr.date.disclosure2024-05-20
okr.date.lastmodified2024-05-20T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099336405202431646/IDU1f657cd6a183a5143921b0791c9d6c882a4c7
okr.guid099336405202431646
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-f657cd6a-83a5-4392-b079-c9d6c882a4c7
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10778
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10778
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34321369
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34321369
okr.identifier.reportWPS10778
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099336405202431646/pdf/IDU1f657cd6a183a5143921b0791c9d6c882a4c7.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.sectorOther Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.themeUrban Infrastructure and Service Delivery,Mitigation,Human Development and Gender,Economic Policy,Food Security,Nutrition,Trade Policy,Fiscal Policy,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Trade,Adaptation,Public Expenditure Policy,Nutrition and Food Security,Urban Development
okr.topicAgriculture::Agribusiness
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicWater Resources::Irrigation and Drainage
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitAgriculture and Food GE (SAGGL)
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