with respect to the no crisis scenario this amounts to a reduction of percentage points in in in and in the total decline of the number of children in caloric poverty at the national level is in in in and in the vat food subsidy appears to be the most ineffective of these two policies visavis the goal of reducing caloric poverty the likely reasons for the inefficiency of the two policy responses on the reduction in monetary poverty as mentioned above remain valid to explain the inefficiency of these policies in reducing caloric poverty this policy is found to be ineffective at completely eliminating the increase in child caloric poverty generated by the crisis in yaounde and douala