Enhancing Nutrition: A New Tool for Ex-Ante Comparison of Commodity-based Vouchers and Food Transfers

Autor:	Ugo Gentilini, Romeo Frega, Lynn R. Brown, David Ryckembusch, Marcio Guilherme Silva, Issa Sanogo, Nils Grede
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science Cost efficiency Public economics Cost effectiveness Supply chain Geography Planning and Development Development Environmental economics Voucher Value (economics) Economics Metric (unit) Activity-based costing Commodity (Marxism)
Zdroj:	World Development. 49:58-67
ISSN:	0305-750X
Popis:	Summary. — This article presents a new analytical tool for ex-ante comparison of the cost-effectiveness of two transfer modalities in pursuing specific nutritional objectives. It does so by introducing a metric to score the nutrient value of a food basket—the Nutrient Value Score (NVS)—and explains how this metric can be combined with full supply chain analysis and costing to generate a new tool, the Omega Value. The use of the Omega Value allows policy-makers who design a program with nutrition objectives to compare direct food transfers and commodity-based food vouchers in terms of both cost efficiency and cost effectiveness. 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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