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Famine and the Aid Response: Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen

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dc.contributor.authorTandon, Sharad
dc.contributor.authorVishwanath, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-11T21:14:43Z
dc.date.available2019-04-11T21:14:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractUsing a high-frequency mobile phone survey of food security conducted by the World Food Programme, this paper investigates how food assistance and access to food changed following the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen. Among the mobile phone–using population, the share of households receiving food assistance more than doubled following the announcement. The increases were largely targeted at regions identified in the announcement as being closer to famine in the original announcement, and there was improvement in access to food in regions that received the most food assistance relative to the rest of the country. Although the survey misses struggling households that do not have access to a mobile phone and are potentially more at risk of famine, the results raise questions about the need for better quality data in food emergencies that are updated more regularly for better targeting of food assistance.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/284601554919999694/Famine-and-the-Aid-Response-Evidence-from-the-Announcement-of-Famine-Like-Conditions-in-the-Republic-of-Yemen
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8812
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31541
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8812
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFAMINE
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectFRAGILE STATES
dc.subjectFOOD AID
dc.subjectAID DELIVERY
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONES
dc.subjectEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
dc.titleFamine and the Aid Responseen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemenen
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okr.crossref.titleFamine and the Aid Response: Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
okr.date.disclosure2019-04-10
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryYemen, Republic of
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okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Equity and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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