Political calculations in subsidizing food
The role of the state in providing food subsidies to consumers has a long though sometimes ignoble history. In ancient Egypt, wheat prices were maintained by government storage schemes (chapter 13), and the value of cheap, ample food supplies for political stability was evidenced in the "bread and c...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1988
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| author | Hopkins, Raymond F. |
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| description | The role of the state in providing food subsidies to consumers has a long though sometimes ignoble history. In ancient Egypt, wheat prices were maintained by government storage schemes (chapter 13), and the value of cheap, ample food supplies for political stability was evidenced in the "bread and circus" era of the Roman Empire. However, detailed policy calculations connecting subsidies to production and nutritional status confront contemporary government leaders with ever more complex and confusing policy considerations (chapter 2). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1610962025-04-08T18:30:55Z Political calculations in subsidizing food Hopkins, Raymond F. subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies The role of the state in providing food subsidies to consumers has a long though sometimes ignoble history. In ancient Egypt, wheat prices were maintained by government storage schemes (chapter 13), and the value of cheap, ample food supplies for political stability was evidenced in the "bread and circus" era of the Roman Empire. However, detailed policy calculations connecting subsidies to production and nutritional status confront contemporary government leaders with ever more complex and confusing policy considerations (chapter 2). 1988 2024-11-21T09:53:28Z 2024-11-21T09:53:28Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161096 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hopkins, Raymond F. 1988. Political calculations in subsidizing food. In Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options. Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (Ed.) Chapter 7. Pp. 107-126. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161096 |
| spellingShingle | subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies Hopkins, Raymond F. Political calculations in subsidizing food |
| title | Political calculations in subsidizing food |
| title_full | Political calculations in subsidizing food |
| title_fullStr | Political calculations in subsidizing food |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political calculations in subsidizing food |
| title_short | Political calculations in subsidizing food |
| title_sort | political calculations in subsidizing food |
| topic | subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies |
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