Practice title:Â Â Communities ensure transparency in the distribution of food aid
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Country:Â Â Nepal
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Domain:Â Â Public Sector Management
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Technology:Â Â Local Governance
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Bearers of Knowledge:Â Communities in Nepal
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Summary:Â To ensure that food aid reaches the intended population, a Food for Work program of the Nepalese government assisted by GTZ, consulted with the villagers. It was jointly determined that using local distributors and community-based supervision would be the most appropriate way to distrib-ute food aid deliveries. Instead of using covered trucks, bullock carts were used for transportation. This approach yielded various benefits. Hiring bullock carts provided additional income for rural communities as opposed to using city based truck companies. The load of a bullock cart is a local standard, and the amounts delivered easily calculated by the people of the community. Any missing portion could easily be estimated publicly and any loss or inappropriate allocation could be ques-tioned in public. Other WFP programs in the country have eventually adopted this approach.
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Lesson:Â Using local standards and means of transport for bulk load deliveries of rice in a food for work program facilitates transparent delivery of staple and brings about good governance on the local level.
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Source:Â Linking Food Relief and Development - A Matter of Good Governance, Upadhyaya K. and Beier, M., Katmandu 1993.
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| Email: Â Beier.Kirchner@t-online.de |
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