Who Gets the Goods? A General Equilibrium Perspective on Food Aid in Mozambique

TY - JOUR

T1 - Who Gets the Goods?

T2 - A General Equilibrium Perspective on Food Aid in Mozambique

AU - Arndt, Thomas Channing

AU - Tarp, Finn

N1 - Final Manuscript for Food Policy

PY - 2001

Y1 - 2001

N2 - We employ a computable general equilibrium approach to examine the effects of alternative food aid distribution schemes for drought-response food aid to Mozambique. Alternative schemes have very distinct impacts on household welfare and prices. Compared with monetization of food aid by government, direct distribution to households (by population shares) strongly benefits rural households. Even assuming that government cannot target food aid strictly at drought-stricken rural people, our results indicate that, when improving household welfare is the primary goal of the food aid, direct distribution of food aid to households is preferred.

AB - We employ a computable general equilibrium approach to examine the effects of alternative food aid distribution schemes for drought-response food aid to Mozambique. Alternative schemes have very distinct impacts on household welfare and prices. Compared with monetization of food aid by government, direct distribution to households (by population shares) strongly benefits rural households. Even assuming that government cannot target food aid strictly at drought-stricken rural people, our results indicate that, when improving household welfare is the primary goal of the food aid, direct distribution of food aid to households is preferred.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0306-9192

VL - 26

JO - Food Policy

JF - Food Policy

IS - 2

ER -