Floods, food assistance, and food markets in Bangladesh: coping with a national emergency

The synergy between food assistance and market development contributed to avoiding a food-price crisis. In addition to being well targeted, timely, and efficiently administered, food assistance needs to reach the vulnerable in sufficient amounts and maintain a long enough presence to address their n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C., Roy, Dilip K.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156119
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Sumario:The synergy between food assistance and market development contributed to avoiding a food-price crisis. In addition to being well targeted, timely, and efficiently administered, food assistance needs to reach the vulnerable in sufficient amounts and maintain a long enough presence to address their needs in the medium as well as the short term.