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Is There Persistence in the Impact of Emergency Food Aid? Evidence on Consumption, Food Security, and Assets in Rural Ethiopia

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We identify the impact of emergency food aid programs after the 2002 drought in rural Ethiopia on future welfare. Based on a difference‐in‐differences matching estimator, participation in food‐for‐work increases growth in total consumption and food consumption eighteen months after the drought. Separately, receiving free food raises growth in food consumption, but, surprisingly, negatively impacts food security. Food‐for‐work benefited households in the middle and upper tail of the consumption distribution, while the better‐targeted free food program benefited the poorest. Evidence suggests these impacts demonstrate accumulated and persistent effects of food aid received in the first twelve months after the drought.

Source: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00992.x

Authors: Daniel O. Gilligan, John Hoddinott

Institution: International Food Policy Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics

Subfield: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Zero hunger, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green