Market Prices and Food Aid Local and Regional Procurement and Distribution: A Multi-Country Analysis

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Teevrat Garg

Independent

Christopher B. Barrett

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Miguel I. Gómez

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Erin Lentz

University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

William Violette

Cornell University

Date Written: September 1, 2013

Abstract

To date, no research has rigorously addressed the concern that local and regional procurement (LRP) of food aid could affect food prices and food price volatility in food aid source and recipient countries. We assemble spatially and temporally disaggregated data and estimate the relationship between food prices and their volatility and local food aid procurement and distribution across seven countries for several commodities. In most cases, LRP activities have no statistically significant relationship with either local price levels or food price volatility. The few exceptions underscore the importance of market monitoring.

Keywords: food assistance, price analysis, local and regional procurement and distribution, spatial price transmission

Suggested Citation

Garg, Teevrat and Barrett, Christopher B. and Gómez, Miguel I. and Lentz, Erin and Violette, William, Market Prices and Food Aid Local and Regional Procurement and Distribution: A Multi-Country Analysis (September 1, 2013). World Development (2013), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2628758

Teevrat Garg

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Christopher B. Barrett (Contact Author)

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management ( email )

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Miguel I. Gómez

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management ( email )

Erin Lentz

University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs ( email )

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William Violette

Cornell University ( email )

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