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Public food transfers during a pandemic: Insights from Bangladesh

Public food transfer program provide a lifeline for the poor in both high- and low-income countries, and many countries stepped these up in response to COVID-19. But little is known about how effective these programs have been in reaching the poor during the crisis. This brief reviews the findings o...

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Main Authors: Chowdhury, Shyamal, Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Rashid, Shahidur
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
Subjects:
economic impact
policies
covid-19
rice
social protection
food security
poverty
pandemics
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143374
Summary:Public food transfer program provide a lifeline for the poor in both high- and low-income countries, and many countries stepped these up in response to COVID-19. But little is known about how effective these programs have been in reaching the poor during the crisis. This brief reviews the findings of an evaluation of Bangladesh’s Food Friendly Program, pointing to the difficulties encountered during the pandemic and lessons to help these program perform better in future crises.

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