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Structure, costs, and benefits of food subsidies in Bangladesh
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Ahmed, Raisuddin |
| Spatial Coverage | Bangladesh |
| Description | Food subsidy is an important element of public policies in Bangladesh. Direct public intervention in foodgrain distribution, now being practiced in Bangladesh, can be traced back to its origin in the 1941-44 wartime food policies of the government of British India in general and of the government of Bengal in particular. War-related disruption in the internal marketing structure, public spending, short supplies, and panic all combined to cause a spiraling of food prices (Sen, 1981). In the wake of impending famine, the government initially reacted by setting maximum prices and coordinating movement of supplies from surplus to deficit areas through private marketing channels. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/6e5ff1ad-670b-44f4-bf48-12dbd42dfebb |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 1988-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Subsidies Developing Countries Food Aid Agricultural Policies |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
