Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs
For years economists have tried to go beyond the strictly economic "efficiency" measure of costs and benefits to resolve the problem of how to explicitly incorporate some of the noneconomic benefits and costs into their analytical framework.1 One of the major issues is assigning weights to consumpti...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1988
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| author | Valdés, Alberto |
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| description | For years economists have tried to go beyond the strictly economic "efficiency" measure of costs and benefits to resolve the problem of how to explicitly incorporate some of the noneconomic benefits and costs into their analytical framework.1 One of the major issues is assigning weights to consumption gains accruing to different income groups, especially the consumption of food by the poor and malnourished. These noneconomic considerations are difficult to quantify, particularly when there is no consensus about the underlying noneconomic values. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1610972025-04-08T18:26:22Z Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs Valdés, Alberto subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies For years economists have tried to go beyond the strictly economic "efficiency" measure of costs and benefits to resolve the problem of how to explicitly incorporate some of the noneconomic benefits and costs into their analytical framework.1 One of the major issues is assigning weights to consumption gains accruing to different income groups, especially the consumption of food by the poor and malnourished. These noneconomic considerations are difficult to quantify, particularly when there is no consensus about the underlying noneconomic values. 1988 2024-11-21T09:53:28Z 2024-11-21T09:53:28Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161097 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Valdés, Alberto. 1988. Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs. In Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options. Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (Ed.) Chapter 5. Pp. 77-91. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161097 |
| spellingShingle | subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies Valdés, Alberto Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs |
| title | Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs |
| title_full | Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs |
| title_fullStr | Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs |
| title_short | Explicit versus implicit food subsidies: Distribution of costs |
| title_sort | explicit versus implicit food subsidies distribution of costs |
| topic | subsidies developing countries food aid agricultural policies |
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