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Public food transfers during a pandemic: Insights from Bangladesh
Public food transfer program provide a lifeline for the poor in both high- and low-income countries, and many countries stepped these up in response to COVID-19.
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Podcast: Why India’s One-size-fits-all Food Security Programme Fails to Address the Needs of Beneficiaries.
Economic and Political Weekly Podcast Why India’s One-size-fits-all Food Security Programme Fails to Address the Needs of Beneficiaries. In this podcast EPW team speaks with Devesh Roy, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institu... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Covid-19: Functioning food markets key to corona welfare package
Paul Krugman, while writing on Covid-19 pandemic in the New York Times, suggested three principles in economic policy. First, focus on hardship, not GDP. Second, stop worrying about incentives to work. Third, do not trust Trump. The last one is probabl... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
One nation one ration card can transform lives
On June 27, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC). The system, once introduced, would enable beneficiaries to get their quota of grains from any ration shop of their own choice across the country. The ONORC system is of considerable utility to migrants. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
