Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen

Using a high-frequency mobile phone survey of food security conducted by the World Food Programme, this paper investigates how food assistance and access to food changed following the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen....

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Main Authors: Tandon, Sharad, Vishwanath, Tara
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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spelling okr-10986-315412022-02-10T00:22:11Z Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen Tandon, Sharad Vishwanath, Tara FAMINE FOOD SECURITY CONFLICT FRAGILE STATES FOOD AID AID DELIVERY MOBILE PHONES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE Using a high-frequency mobile phone survey of food security conducted by the World Food Programme, this paper investigates how food assistance and access to food changed following the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen. Among the mobile phone–using population, the share of households receiving food assistance more than doubled following the announcement. The increases were largely targeted at regions identified in the announcement as being closer to famine in the original announcement, and there was improvement in access to food in regions that received the most food assistance relative to the rest of the country. Although the survey misses struggling households that do not have access to a mobile phone and are potentially more at risk of famine, the results raise questions about the need for better quality data in food emergencies that are updated more regularly for better targeting of food assistance. 2019-04-11T21:14:43Z 2019-04-11T21:14:43Z 2019-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/284601554919999694/Famine-and-the-Aid-Response-Evidence-from-the-Announcement-of-Famine-Like-Conditions-in-the-Republic-of-Yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31541 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8812 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Yemen, Republic of
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FOOD SECURITY
CONFLICT
FRAGILE STATES
FOOD AID
AID DELIVERY
MOBILE PHONES
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
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FOOD SECURITY
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FRAGILE STATES
FOOD AID
AID DELIVERY
MOBILE PHONES
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
Tandon, Sharad
Vishwanath, Tara
Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Yemen, Republic of
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8812
description Using a high-frequency mobile phone survey of food security conducted by the World Food Programme, this paper investigates how food assistance and access to food changed following the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen. Among the mobile phone–using population, the share of households receiving food assistance more than doubled following the announcement. The increases were largely targeted at regions identified in the announcement as being closer to famine in the original announcement, and there was improvement in access to food in regions that received the most food assistance relative to the rest of the country. Although the survey misses struggling households that do not have access to a mobile phone and are potentially more at risk of famine, the results raise questions about the need for better quality data in food emergencies that are updated more regularly for better targeting of food assistance.
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author Tandon, Sharad
Vishwanath, Tara
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Vishwanath, Tara
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title Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
title_short Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
title_full Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
title_fullStr Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
title_full_unstemmed Famine and the Aid Response : Evidence from the Announcement of Famine-Like Conditions in the Republic of Yemen
title_sort famine and the aid response : evidence from the announcement of famine-like conditions in the republic of yemen
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/284601554919999694/Famine-and-the-Aid-Response-Evidence-from-the-Announcement-of-Famine-Like-Conditions-in-the-Republic-of-Yemen
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