Operational performance of the rural rationing program in Bangladesh

Ahmed, Akhter U. 1992. Operational performance of the rural rationing program in Bangladesh. Food policy in Bangladesh working paper series 5. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156939

In Bangladesh, the majority of the people suffer from a lack of food security. As a short-run solution to the problem, a targeted intervention of transferring income can be an efficient way of increasing the real incomes of the poor. Distributing rationed food to a target group at subsidized prices is a well-known way to transfer income. This report evaluates the operational performance of the Palli (rural) Rational (PR) program in Bangladesh, which is a targeted intervention to provide food security to the rural poor.