In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh

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dc.creatordel Ninno, Carlo
dc.creatorDorosh, Paul A.
dc.date2002
dc.date2024-10-24T12:43:07Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:43:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:08:20Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the impact of wheat transfers and cash incomes on wheat consumption and wheat markets. Using propensity score- matching techniques, the total marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for wheat is, on average, 0.33, ranging from essentially zero for Food For Work (a program with large transfers) to 0.51 for Food For Education. Econometric estimates indicate that the MPC for small wheat transfers to poor households is approximately 0.25, while the MPC for wheat out of cash income is near zero. This increase in demand for wheat reduces the potential price effect of three major targeted programs involving small rations (Food For Education, Vulnerable Group Development, and Vulnerable Group Feeding) by about one-third.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156065
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95689
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcedel Ninno, Carlo; Dorosh, Paul A. 2002. In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh. FCND Discussion Paper 134. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156065
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectwheat
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectcereal crops
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectlabour
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectnutrition education
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.titleIn-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh
dc.typeWorking Paper

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