Recent evidence on malnutrition and poverty raise important questions on the role of food
assistance policies and programs. In this review article, we examine evidence on the …

Local and regional procurement (LRP) of food aid is often claimed to lead to quicker and
more cost-effective response. We generate timeliness and cost-effectiveness estimates by …

The rise of new food assistance instruments, including local and regional procurement,
cash, and vouchers, has surpassed increase in understanding of the tradeoffs among and …

This paper reviews key issues in the 'cash versus food'debate, including as they relate to
political economy, theory, evidence, and practice. In doing so, it benefited from a new …

The US public transit system represents a multi-billion dollar industry that provides essential
transit services to millions of urban residents. We study the market for new transit buses that …

Emergency food aid is the dominant humanitarian response to food insecurity precipitated
by disasters. There is a significant literature on food aid effectiveness (eg, bolstering food …

This paper examines the impact of cargo preference requirements, which create market
power for US-flagged ships, on the effectiveness of the Food for Peace emergency food aid …

It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that a donor with money to spend will do so
primarily in pursuit of its own interests.'Virtually without exception', two scholars have …

Natural disasters, conflict, macroeconomic shocks, and political unrest thrust tens of millions
of people each year into food crises. In decades past, such crises commonly led to famines …

In this clear and observant book, Kenneth Button provides an overview of the economics
and political economy of transport security, considering its policy from an economic …