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The "Glass of Milk" Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru

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dc.contributor.authorStifel, David
dc.contributor.authorAlderman, Harold
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-05T20:02:07Z
dc.date.available2014-05-05T20:02:07Z
dc.date.issued2003-06
dc.description.abstractThe authors evaluate the Vaso de Leche (VL) feeding program in Peru. They pose the question that if a community-based multistage targeting scheme such as that of the VL program is progressive, is it possible that the program can achieve its nutritional objectives? The authors address this by linking VL public expenditure data with household survey data to assess the targeting, and then to model the determinants of nutritional outcomes of children to see if VL program interventions have an impact on nutrition. They confirm that the VL program is well targeted to poor households and to those with low nutritional status. While the bulk of the coverage of the poor is attributed to targeting of poor districts, the fact that the poor receive larger in-kind transfers is attributed to intradistrict targeting. But the impact of these food subsidies beyond their value as income transfers is limited by the degree to which the commodity transfers are inframarginal. The authors find that transfers of milk and milk substitutes from the VL program are inframarginal for approximately half of the households that receive them. So, it is not entirely surprising that they fail to find econometric evidence of the nutritional objectives of the VL program being achieved. In models of child standardized heights, the authors find no impact of the VL program expenditures on the nutritional outcomes of young children-the group to whom the program is targeted.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2446560/glass-milk-subsidy-program-malnutrition-peru
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3089
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18168
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3089
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSUBSIDIES
dc.subjectFOOD SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectINCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subjectMILK BASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY TRANSFERS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectFOOD SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectIMPACT ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectPROGRAM COVERAGE
dc.subjectPROGRAM DESIGNS
dc.subjectPROGRAM INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWELL-BEING
dc.titleThe "Glass of Milk" Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peruen
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okr.crossref.titleThe “Glass of Milk” Subsidy Program and Malnutrition in Peru
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:44:35.956384Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2446560/glass-milk-subsidy-program-malnutrition-peru
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid792601468774891374
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3089
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_03071904005856
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2446560
okr.identifier.reportWPS3089
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryPeru
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicPoverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.unitPublic Services, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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