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Redefining the role of food aid

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  • Hoddinott, John
  • Cohen, Marc J.
  • Bos, Maria Soledad

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"The principal objective of food aid, besides responding to needs created by conflict, and other disasters, should be to provide an insurance function for those events for which existing insurance mechanisms function poorly" "From Text

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  • Hoddinott, John & Cohen, Marc J. & Bos, Maria Soledad, 2004. "Redefining the role of food aid," FCND briefs 4, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:fcndbr:4
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    1. Ugo Gentilini1, 2005. "Mainstreaming Safety Nets in the Social Protection Policy Agenda: A New Vision or the Same Old Perspective?," The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, vol. 2(2), pages 133-157.

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