Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example
We evaluated a large transfer program in Bangladesh, named the Food Friendly Program (FFP, Khaddo Bandhob Karmasuchi), based on observational data. The program aims to provide nutritional support to poor rural households during preharvest seasons by offering rice at a subsidized price. It is a targe...
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| author | Hoque, Mohammad Mainul Rashid, Shahidur Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian Chowdhury, Shyamal K. |
| author_browse | Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian Chowdhury, Shyamal K. Hoque, Mohammad Mainul Rashid, Shahidur |
| author_facet | Hoque, Mohammad Mainul Rashid, Shahidur Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian Chowdhury, Shyamal K. |
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| description | We evaluated a large transfer program in Bangladesh, named the Food Friendly Program (FFP, Khaddo Bandhob Karmasuchi), based on observational data. The program aims to provide nutritional support to poor rural households during preharvest seasons by offering rice at a subsidized price. It is a targeted program where the selection of the beneficiaries takes place through local governments and community consultations. We examined both inclusion and exclusion errors and measured the magnitude of corruption in the program. We found that for every taka spent by the government under the FFP, about 0.88 taka, on an average, reaches the eligible beneficiaries. In addition, we also looked at the regional variations in poverty and redistribution. The program seems to be achieving a high level of targeting efficiency, though spatial heterogeneity remains an important drawback. Our evaluation offers some important policy lessons discussed in detail in the report. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435172025-12-02T21:02:52Z Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example Hoque, Mohammad Mainul Rashid, Shahidur Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian Chowdhury, Shyamal K. social protection food assistance rice targeting food prices poverty rural areas We evaluated a large transfer program in Bangladesh, named the Food Friendly Program (FFP, Khaddo Bandhob Karmasuchi), based on observational data. The program aims to provide nutritional support to poor rural households during preharvest seasons by offering rice at a subsidized price. It is a targeted program where the selection of the beneficiaries takes place through local governments and community consultations. We examined both inclusion and exclusion errors and measured the magnitude of corruption in the program. We found that for every taka spent by the government under the FFP, about 0.88 taka, on an average, reaches the eligible beneficiaries. In addition, we also looked at the regional variations in poverty and redistribution. The program seems to be achieving a high level of targeting efficiency, though spatial heterogeneity remains an important drawback. Our evaluation offers some important policy lessons discussed in detail in the report. 2020-04-01 2024-05-22T12:14:47Z 2024-05-22T12:14:47Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143517 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156939 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156583 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294080 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156270 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Hoque, Mohammad Mainul; Rashid, Shahidur; and Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian. 2020. Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1935. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133761. |
| spellingShingle | social protection food assistance rice targeting food prices poverty rural areas Hoque, Mohammad Mainul Rashid, Shahidur Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian Chowdhury, Shyamal K. Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example |
| title | Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example |
| title_full | Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example |
| title_fullStr | Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example |
| title_full_unstemmed | Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example |
| title_short | Targeting errors and leakage in a large-scale in-kind transfer program: The food friendly program in Bangladesh as an example |
| title_sort | targeting errors and leakage in a large scale in kind transfer program the food friendly program in bangladesh as an example |
| topic | social protection food assistance rice targeting food prices poverty rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143517 |
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