Assessing Safety Net Readiness in Response to Food Price Volatility

In 2008, when food prices rose precipitously to record highs, international attention and local policy in many countries focused on safety nets as part of the response. Now that food prices are high again, the issue of appropriate responses is agai...

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Main Authors:	Grosh, Margaret, Andrews, Colin, Quintana, Rodrigo, Rodriguez-Alas, Claudia
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL LAND ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ATM CARDS BENEFICIARY BENEFIT LEVELS CALORIC INTAKE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CASH BENEFIT CASH PAYMENT CASH SOCIAL ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASSAVA CEREALS CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD BENEFITS CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR CLIENT BASE CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONDITIONAL CASH CONFLICT CONSUMPTION BASKET COPING STRATEGIES COUNTRY RISK CREDIT FACILITY DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIETARY DIVERSITY DISABILITY PENSIONS DOMESTIC PRICE DROUGHT ECONOMIC CRISIS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY FEEDING EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS FEE WAIVERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL RISK FLAT RATE FOOD AID FOOD BASKET FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD FOR WORK FOOD IMPORTS FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD ON CREDIT FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICE INFLATION FOOD PRICE SUBSIDIES FOOD RATIONS FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAMP FOOD STAPLES FOOD STOCKS FOOD SUBSIDY FOODS FORTIFIED FOODS FUTURE PRICE GRAIN RESERVES GRAINS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH SERVICES HEIGHT FOR AGE HOME RATIONS HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INCOME INCOME ON FOOD INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INCOME TRANSFERS INEQUALITY INFLATION RATE INFORMATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVESTMENT DECISIONS LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT MAIZE MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MEANS TESTING MEDICAL INSURANCE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MINIMUM WAGES NEW POOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS PAYMENT SYSTEM PENSION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR FAMILIES POOR GROUPS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATIONS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRENATAL CARE PRICE RISKS PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAM COVERAGE PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS RATION SHOPS RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RICE RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL ACCESS RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL REGIONS SAFEGUARDS SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOLING SECURITY RISK SHOCK SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE SOYBEANS SSN STAPLE FOODS SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUPPORT PROGRAM TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TEMPORARY JOBS TRACK RECORDS TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSITORY INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNIVERSAL BENEFITS UNIVERSAL TRANSFER VOUCHERS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE PEOPLE WELFARE LAW WHEAT WORK PROGRAM WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385461468177843041/Assessing-safety-net-readiness-in-response-to-food-price-volatility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26825

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Summary:	In 2008, when food prices rose precipitously to record highs, international attention and local policy in many countries focused on safety nets as part of the response. Now that food prices are high again, the issue of appropriate responses is again on the policy agenda. This note sets out a framework for making quick, qualitative assessments of how well countries' safety nets prepare them for a rapid policy response to rising food prices should the situation warrant. The framework is applied using data from spring 2011, presenting a snap?shot analysis of what is a dynamically changing situation. Based on this data safety net readiness is assessed in 13 vulnerable countries based on the following criteria: the presence of safety net programs, program coverage, administrative capacity, and to a lesser degree, targeting effectiveness. It is argued that these criteria will remain the same throughout time, even if the sample countries affected will be expected to vary. Based on this analysis the note highlights that though a number of countries are more prepared than they were in 2008, there is still a significant medium term agenda on safety net preparedness in the face of crisis. In this context, strategic lessons from the 2008 food crisis response are presented to better understand the response options and challenges facing governments and policy makers. The note concludes by calling for continued investment and scale up of safety nets to mitigate poverty impacts and help prevent long term setbacks in nutrition and poverty.

Assessing Safety Net Readiness in Response to Food Price Volatility

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