The Egyptian Food Subsidy System,9780896291218

The Egyptian Food Subsidy System

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ISBN13: 9780896291218
ISBN10: 0896291219
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Intl Food Policy Research Inst
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Table of Contents

List of Tables
iv
List of Figures
vii
Foreword viii
Acknowledgments ix
Summary xi
Introduction
1(4)
The Policy Context
5(8)
How the Present Food Subsidy System Operates
13(4)
Household Surveys and Other Information Sources
17(3)
The Geographic Allocation and Household-Level Use of Food Subsidies
20(29)
Leakage, Targeting, and Cost-Effectiveness
49(18)
Patterns of Food Demand
67(15)
Policy Options and Their Simulated General Equilibrium Effects
82(19)
Conclusions for Policy
101(5)
Appendix A: Method for Estimating Food Subsidy Cost 106(2)
Appendix B: Estimating the Profitability of Baladi Bread Production 108(4)
Appendix C: Leakage Estimation Method and Data 112(2)
Appendix D: Mathematical Formulation for the Food Demand Model, Based on Demand for Characteristics 114(4)
Appendix E: The Computable General Equilibrium Model 118(17)
Appendix F: Supplementary Tables 135(7)
References 142(6)
About the Authors 148

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