From food subsidies to cash transfers: Assessing economy-wide benefits and trade-offs in Egypt

Food is a vital part of poor households' budgets and so subsidizing staple foods would appear to be an obvious pro-poor policy. Indeed, most countries in North Africa have prioritized large national subsidy programs for staple foods and fuels as their main social safety net. However, these programs...

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Autores principales: Breisinger, Clemens, Kassim, Yumna, Kurdi, Sikandra, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130295

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