Food subsidies and poverty in Egypt : analysis of program reform using stochastic dominance

Abstract EN

Throughout this article, consumption dominance curves were utilized, an instrument developed by Makdissi and Wodon (2002) to analyze the impacts on poverty brought on by changes in the food subsidy system in Egypt.

Using the Egypt Integrated Household Survey (EIHS) of 1997, results show that changes brought to the list of subsidized food goods have not always been relevant as a tool for fighting poverty.

It would be interesting in future works to study the entirety of the Egyptian price system paying attention to both general indirect taxes as well as regulated infrastructure prices.