@article{Zavale:211862,
      recid = {211862},
      author = {Zavale, Helder and Myers, Robert and Tschirley, David},
      title = {Market Level Effects of World Food Program Local and  Regional Procurement of Food Aid in Africa},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79980},
      pages = {42},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {This paper assesses the impact of local and regional  procurement (LRP) of food aid on local market prices in  Africa. In particular we study maize in Uganda and  Mozambique and beans in Ethiopia. Two complementary  modelling approaches are employed : a vector autoregression  (VAR) and a computational model (CM). The VAR is a  reduced-form econometric approach while the CM is a  structural simulation approach. Using two different  approaches provides a useful consistency check. Results  from the VAR show average price increases brought about by  LRP are statistically significant and range from 2% to 16%.  The size of the average estimated price effects are  economically meaningful for maize in Uganda but much  smaller (though still statistically significant) for maize  in Mozambique and beans in Ethiopia. In all three country  applications, LRP is estimated to have no effect on price  variability. Results from the CM fall within a 90%  confidence bound around results obtained from the VAR.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/211862},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.211862},
}