Evaluating the impact of reforming the food subsidy program in Egypt: A Mixed Demand approach

Ramadan, Racha; Thomas, Alban

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.06.006

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“…Figure 1 lists reasons for exclusion of the remaining 19 manuscripts. Two articles were excluded because they were from non-OECD countries (both were from Egypt [27],[28]). The first evaluated the effect of the Egyptian food subsidy programme on mother's BMI status.…”

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“…With respect to the exclusion of non-OECD countries, only two studies, both from Egypt, were excluded. Furthermore, one of these studies did not assess any of the outcomes pre-specified for this review [28], and the other assessed a food subsidy programme that aimed to reduce under- rather than over-nutrition [27]. Nonetheless, it is notable that included studies were from middle- to high-income countries, and thus the findings of this review may not be generalisable to low-income countries.…”

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“…Our econometric approach cannot separate substitution effect from income effect of rice subsidy. One needs to estimate a food demand system as in Bilgic and Yen (2013), Härkänen et al (2014) or Ramadan and Thomas (2011) to measure own price elasticity, substitution elasticity and expenditure elasticity and the welfare effect. …”

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Is more inclusive more effective? The ‘New Style’ public distribution system in India

Kishore¹,

Chakrabarti²

2015

Food Policy

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“…Since baladi bread 1 is the cheapest food due to high subsidies, Egyptian consumers have high incentives to take advantage of consuming it (Mansour 2012). Baladi bread and wheat flour are available to all consumers in Egypt, without restrictions and regardless of income level (Ramadan and Thomas 2011). Figure 1 shows the difference between the production and consumption of wheat in Egypt from 2009 until 2015.…”

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“…Egypt imported 54% of its wheat in 2009 (Ramadan and Thomas 2011). The main wheat trading partners of Egypt are the Ukraine, France and Romania.…”

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Import vulnerability in the Middle East: effects of the Arab spring on Egyptian wheat trade

Veninga

Ihle

2018

Food Sec.

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The 'Arab Spring' spilled over to Egypt from neighbouring Arab countries in the first half of 2011. General chaos during the political instabilities suddenly caused high uncertainty for consumers and traders, and temporarily rendered institutions dysfunctional. This eventually might have led to a negative market shock, impeding economic activity in general and, in particular, trade. Wheat is the main ingredient in the Egyptian diet and is heavily subsidised in the country. The general availability of cheap wheat flour creates a very high domestic demand for wheat. Therefore, Egypt is highly dependent on wheat imports from other countries for ensuring food security. This dependency makes the country vulnerable to increasing food prices and other shocks to the world market which might challenge flows of imports. This paper investigates the effects of domestic political instability on the wheat trade in Egypt. We analysed monthly trade data for wheat from the Comtrade Database of the United Nations, particularly imports and exports of wheat and wheat flour in Egypt from 2010 to 2014. The analysis showed pronounced and stable seasonal patterns whereby the pattern of 2011, the year of most intensive political turmoil in Egypt, was found to differ significantly from other years. We found robust evidence for a strong, negative demand shock in the second half of 2011 caused by the substantial and enduring political instabilities in the country which resulted from the Arab Spring.

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Evaluating the impact of reforming the food subsidy program in Egypt: A Mixed Demand approach

Cited by 27 publications

References 13 publications

Food Pricing Strategies, Population Diets, and Non-Communicable Disease: A Systematic Review of Simulation Studies

Food Pricing Strategies, Population Diets, and Non-Communicable Disease: A Systematic Review of Simulation Studies

Is more inclusive more effective? The ‘New Style’ public distribution system in India

Import vulnerability in the Middle East: effects of the Arab spring on Egyptian wheat trade

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