Pakistan's ration system: Distribution of costs and benefits

cg.coverage.countryPakistan
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PK
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.placeBaltimore, Marylanden
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorRogers, Beatriceen
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:53:32Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:53:32Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161108
dc.titlePakistan's ration system: Distribution of costs and benefitsen
dcterms.abstractPakistan's ration system was established in 1942 to deal with shortages of basic goods caused by wartime disruption in supply. At that time, the ration shops handled wheat and sugar, tea, matches, kerosene, yarn, and cotton cloth. After partition, the system was continued to control hoarding and profiteering of scarce goods. All trade in wheat was rationed and controlled by the government until the 1960s when, as a result of several years of favorable weather, supplies became plentiful. Rationing was abolished, but the shops continued to sell atta (whole wheat flour), which the government obtained through its guaranteed price support scheme, with no limitation on quantity.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRogers, Beatrice Lorge. 1988. Pakistan's ration system: Distribution of costs and benefits. In Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options. Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (Ed.) Chapter 17. Pp. 242-252. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161108en
dcterms.issued1988
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/129533en
dcterms.subjectsubsidiesen
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjectfood aiden
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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