Food Aid and Informal Insurance
Food Aid and Informal Insurance
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粮食援助和非正式保险
DOI：
10.1093/0199276838.003.0015
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发表时间：
2003
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通讯作者：
P. Krishnan
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作者：
S. Dercon;P. Krishnan
Households in developing countries use a variety of informal mechanisms to cope with risk, including mutual support and risk-sharing. These mechanisms cannot avoid that they remain vulnerable to shocks. Public programs in the form of food aid distribution and food-for-work programs are meant to protect vulnerable households from consumption and nutrition downturns by providing a safety net. In this paper we look into the extent to which food aid helps to smooth consumption by reducing the impact of negative shocks, taking into account informal risk-sharing arrangements. Using panel data from Ethiopia, we find that despite relatively poor targeting of the food aid, the programs contribute to better consumption outcomes, largely via intra-village risk sharing.
