Mackintosh, Fionadel Ninno, Carlo2012-08-132012-08-132003-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11822Many governments use price and tax subsidization to meet social protection objectives. They endeavor to reduce the cost of living for their population-or for a subset of the population-by subsidizing the price of goods or services in lieu of, or in addition to, direct income transfers. While these subsidies may distort production incentives, subsidize the non-poor more than the poor, and limit consumer choice, there are reasons why a government may choose to use some forms of pricing policy rather than make income transfers to help the poor.CC BY 3.0 IGOADVERSE CONSEQUENCESAGRICULTURECOMMODITIESCOMMODITY SUBSIDIESCONSUMER CHOICECONSUMERSCOST OF LIVINGCOUPONSEXCHANGE RATESFAMINEFOOD PRICE SUBSIDIESFOOD STAMPSFOOD SUBSIDIESGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOMEINCOME SUPPORTINCOME TRANSFERSINEQUALITYMINISTRIES OF FINANCEMONITORING MECHANISMSNUTRITIONOPPORTUNITY COSTPOLICY DECISIONSPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOORPRICE SUBSIDIESQUOTASSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NETSSALES TAXESSOCIAL SAFETY NETSTARGETINGTAX SUBSIDIESTRANSPORTWorld Bank10.1596/11822