Why Is a Food Transfer Unlikely to Increase Food Consumption

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why is a food transfer unlikely to increase food consumption by the full amount of the transfer?

• A) If there is a food shortage a cash transfer may do a better job increasing consumption
• B) The food transfers reduce leakages to the non-poor
• C) Some of the free food can substitute for food the recipient would have purchased,and can now be used to increase spending on other goods.
• D) All of the above are reasons why a food transfer may not increase food consumption by as much as intended

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