INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI)
Household food security in Pakistan : the ration shop system
During times of high food prices or shortages, many countries have instituted food subsidy schemes, policies which these same governments find difficult to end in spite of rising fiscal costs.
Alderman, Harold; Chaudhry, M. Ghaffar +1 more · 1988
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Abstract
Pakistan has subsidized part of the wheat flour consumed by households through a ration system. In a policy change in the mid 1980"s, wheat flour rationalization was replaced by price subsidies for wheat. This study examines how this policy change has affected the urban poor and the entire grain market system. The authors evaluate the relevance of the ration shop system to the issues of the alleviation of poverty and malnutrition. In the final section they present the basic conclusions of the study and make recommendations based on these conclusions. (Author abstract, taken from PN-ABH-813)
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