Publication: Revisiting the 'Cash versus Food' Debate: New Evidence for an Old Puzzle?
| dc.contributor.author | Ugo, Gentilini | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-09T22:09:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-09T22:09:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The longstanding “cash versus food” debate has received renewed attention in both research and practice. This paper reviews key issues shaping the debate and presents new evidence from randomized and quasi-experimental evaluations that deliberately compare cash and in-kind food transfers in ten developing counties. Findings show that relative effectiveness cannot be generalized: although some differences emerge in terms of food consumption and dietary diversity, average impacts tend to depend on context, specific objectives, their measurement, and program design. Costs for cash transfers and vouchers tend to be significantly lower relative to in-kind food. Yet the consistency and robustness of methods for efficiency analyses varies greatly. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | World Bank Research Observer | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/27701 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1564-6971 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27701 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | World Bank Research Observer | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| dc.subject | FOOD SECURITY | |
| dc.subject | CASH TRANSFERS | |
| dc.subject | SAFETY NET | |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL PROTECTION | |
| dc.subject | POLITICAL ECONOMY | |
| dc.subject | IN-KIND TRANSFERS | |
| dc.subject | FOOD AID | |
| dc.subject | VOUCHERS | |
| dc.subject | FOOD STAMPS | |
| dc.subject | IMPACT EVALUATION | |
| dc.subject | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | |
| dc.title | Revisiting the 'Cash versus Food' Debate | en |
| dc.title.subtitle | New Evidence for an Old Puzzle? | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
| dc.type | Artículo de revista | es |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| okr.crossref.title | Revisiting the 'Cash versus Food' Debate: New Evidence for an Old Puzzle? | |
| okr.date.disclosure | 2017-02 | |
| okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-04-23T02:22:39.580622Z | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Journal Article | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
| okr.guid | 214491507535162348 | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1093/wbro/lkv012 | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/27701 | |
| okr.journal.nbpages | 135-67 | |
| okr.language.supported | en | |
| okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
| okr.region.country | Bangladesh | |
| okr.region.country | Cambodia | |
| okr.region.country | Congo, Democratic Republic of | |
| okr.region.country | Ecuador | |
| okr.region.country | Ethiopia | |
| okr.region.country | Mexico | |
| okr.region.country | Niger | |
| okr.region.country | Sri Lanka | |
| okr.region.country | Uganda | |
| okr.region.country | Yemen, Republic of | |
| okr.topic | Agriculture::Food Security | |
| okr.topic | Poverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers | |
| okr.topic | Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies | |
| okr.topic | Social Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers | |
| okr.unit | Social Protection and Labor Global Practice | |
| okr.volume | 31(1) | |
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