Blog Post
Cash (or Food?) for Thought: The Debate on Cash versus Food Isn't Over (Yet)
March 02, 2009
This is a joint posting with Cindy Prieto
On February 13, 2009, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) began distributing food vouchers to 120,000 "cash-strapped residents" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- representing almost 10 percent of the capital city's population. The distribution program is part...