IFPRI and the abolition of the wheat flour ration shops in Pakistan: a case-study on policymaking and the use and impact of research

In February 1987, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) abolished the wheat ration shop system. Started as a food rationing program during World War II in colonial India, it had degenerated by the 1980s into a wasteful corrupt system that failed to reach the poor. Why did it take so long for this monumen...

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Main Authors: Islam, Yassir, Garrett, James L.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1997
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161164

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