Poverty Alleviation in Mozambique: A Multi-Market Analysis of the Role of Food Aid

Posted: 16 Aug 2005 Last revised: 6 Mar 2013

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Paul Dorosh

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Carlo del Ninno

World Bank

David E. Sahn

Cornell University

Date Written: November 1995

Abstract

The use of food aid in poverty alleviation programs has been hampered by two problems: the inability to target to households in need, and the disincentive effects on agriculture. In this paper, we present econometric estimates of in Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) for households in Maputo, Mozambique, and develop a multi-market model to show that in Maputo, imported yellow maize is not only self-targeting, but that owing to a combination of the low cross-price elasticity with locally produced staples (particularly, white maize) and cross-border trade in food products, the disincentive effects on domestic agriculture have been negligible.

Suggested Citation

Dorosh, Paul and del Ninno, Carlo and Sahn, David E., Poverty Alleviation in Mozambique: A Multi-Market Analysis of the Role of Food Aid (November 1995). Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 89-99, November 1995, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=493704

Paul Dorosh

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