date:Jul 26, 2013
government budgets and free up more funds for health and education spending.
Both institutions have also questioned whether such subsidies truly improve poverty - as they can often go to large-scale farmers or well-connected people instead of the poorest.
Poorly designed food subsidy programs that lack transparency and accountability in implementation do not benefit poor people, said Jaime Saavedra, active vice president for poverty reduction and economic management at the World Bank. These p