PL-480 Title III Food for Development Program, Bangladesh : annual evaluation for FY 1987

No aggregate balance of payments, supply, or consumption/nutrition impacts are presented or discussed. The evaluation team does recommend that the FY 88 allocations include $60M in Title III commodities and $15M in flood relief, to provide "maximum leverage for policy reforms." The report notes that policy reforms in the areas of government procurement/open market sales were disappointing, but that much of the lack of movement in price liberalization was caused by delays in imported grain arrivals from donors. Progress on exploring the expansion of maize consumption was judged good, while additional analysis is necessary on rural free food distribution programs and on modified rationing for the rural poor. The report strongly recommends increased monitoring of Title III projects, while the Mission response states that they believe the success of Title III will be measured by policy reforms not by results of the projects. (Author abstract, from PN-ABD-893)