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All Things Considered Falls for Pew's Phony Generational War StoryDean Baker / November 08, 2011
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The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational WarDean Baker / November 07, 2011
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia: el PIB boliviano disminuye su crecimiento mientras la manufactura prospera y los hidrocarbonos titubeanRebecca Ray / November 07, 2011
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The New Supplemental Poverty Numbers: Do They Paint an Accurate Picture of Poverty Today?Shawn Fremstad / November 07, 2011
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Weisbrot to WaPo Ombudsman: Article on Social Security Contributed to Ignorance Over Trust FundMark Weisbrot / November 07, 2011
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Letter to Rep. Hensarling: Paying Social Security Benefits Does Not Mean We're Spending Money We Don't HaveDean Baker / November 07, 2011
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Why Does Robert Samuelson Have Such a Difficult Time Dealing With RealityDean Baker / November 07, 2011
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WAPO Book Section Reviews Michael Brown on Disaster Relief and Bill Clinton on the EconomyDean Baker / November 06, 2011
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The New York Times Still Has Not Heard About the RecessionDean Baker / November 06, 2011
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Bill Clinton, the Person Who Set the Economy on Its Bubble Driven Path, Has Economic Advice for the CountryDean Baker / November 05, 2011
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The Washington Post Goes "Thuggish" on Social SecurityDean Baker / November 05, 2011
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Latest Word on Financial Speculation Taxes: The WSJ Has Never Heard of the London Stock ExchangeDean Baker / November 04, 2011
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Local Purchases of Rice as Food Aid OverstatedIn addition to the problems of allocating food aid discussed in the previous post, another significant problem is the lack of local procurement, which can be more effective than importing in emergency situations. The U.S. government, which has begun a local and regional procurement pilot project, found in a 2009 study (PDF) that:
Local and regional purchase is an important tool, enabling food aid agencies to respond quickly to emergency food needs, both during and after food crises and disasters.
Local and regional purchase can be a timely and effective complement to in-kind food aid programs.
The pilot project is also “based on the view that local and regional purchase has potential value for strengthening and expanding commercial markets, stimulating local and regional production, and reducing emergency food aid requirements.” Yet thus far, the pilot project has only limited funds and was undertaken in just 12 countries in 2010 (only seven countries are benefactors of the program in 2011). Together the 12 country programs made up less than one percent of all U.S. food aid in Fiscal Year 2010.
After the earthquake, noting that Haiti has gone from producing nearly 50 percent of their annual rice consumption in 1988 to around 15 percent now, CEPR published a report on food aid that proposed “that international donors seeking to support Haiti’s agricultural sector and provide food to those in need could help Haiti become more self-sufficient by” using local procurement to purchase Haitian rice. According to the World Food Program Food Aid Information System, Haiti received over 110,000 metric tons (MT) of rice as food aid in FY2010, with the U.S. providing 57,000 MT of the total. According to the WFP, only about five percent of this came in the form of local procurement, despite the previously discussed advantages. Upon further review, however, even this low number is drastically overstated.
Jake Johnston / November 04, 2011
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World Bank Report Finds Allocation of Emergency Food Aid Not Effective in Targeting Most VulnerableJake Johnston / November 04, 2011
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Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 2011CEPR and / November 04, 2011
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NYT Misleads on Poverty TrendsShawn Fremstad / November 04, 2011
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Economy Generates 80,000 Jobs in October, EPOP Edges HigherDean Baker / November 04, 2011