The political economy of the food subsidy system in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20303441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard H Adams (International Food Policy Research Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-88 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220389808422555 |
| OpenAlex | W1999722846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article examines the operation of the food subsidy system in Bangladesh from 1980 to 1995 using a political economy perspective. Two political economy concepts ‐ rent‐seeking lobbies and rent‐seeking bureaucrats/agents ‐ are found to be useful in providing a partial explanation of why this system has failed to benefit the rural poor. However, each of these explanations is incomplete because it fails to consider the large impact that external actors ‐ USAID and the World Bank ‐ have had on the Bangladesh food subsidy system. One way to improve the ability of this system to reach the poor would be to increase the amount of self‐targeting in food subsidies by building on the Food‐for‐ Work programme
Agriculture · Developing country · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Food policy · Food security · Food systems · Market economy · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Rent-seeking · Subsidy · Work (physics) · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Global trade and economics
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |