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From Universal Food Subsidies to a Self-Targeted Program: A Case Study in Tunisian Reform

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Tuck, L.
Lindert, K.
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Outlines Tunisia' innovative strategy of reducing the budgetary costs of food subsidies in a manner that is politically acceptable and that protects the nutritional status of the poor. The government uses "self-targeted programs," whereby subsidies are shifted to items consumed primarily by low-income groups, while prices of unsubsidized, higher-quality items are liberalized, appealing to higher-income groups who then consume less of the subsidized foods.

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Paper provided by World Bank in its series World Bank - Discussion Papers with number 351.

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Length: 108 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:fth:wobadi:351

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Keywords: FISCAL POLICY ; AGRICULTURE ; NUTRITION;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
O13 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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  1. Alderman, Harold & Lindert, Kathy, 1998. "The Potential and Limitations of Self-Targeted Food Subsidies," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 213-29, August. [Downloadable!]
  2. Brown, Lynn & Gentilini, Ugo, 2006. "On the Edge: The Role of Food-based Safety Nets in Helping Vulnerable Households Manage Food Insecurity," Working Papers RP2006/111, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). [Downloadable!]
  3. van de Walle, Dominique, 1998. "Targeting Revisited," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 231-48, August. [Downloadable!]
  4. Adams, Richard H. Jr., 2000. "The politics of economic policy reform in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2443, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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