Suchergebnisse

Abstract
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals envisage halving food waste by 2030. A goal to which the German Tafel food banks can make a significant contribution also by optimising the distribution of food donations. We analyse the potential of a cost-neutral exchange of surplus donations between the distribution points of the Berliner Tafel, based on real-time data. This exchange helps, on the one hand, to ensure that the consumption needs of Tafel clients are covered at an average rate of 50%, and on the other hand, to avoid surpluses and thus save food. The proposal is in line with the goals of the Tafel – "Save food. Help people" – by taking into account both allocative efficiency and fairness.

Abstract
Single parents and their children benefit particularly from early childhood education and childcare programmes. Nevertheless, almost a third of single parents in Germany who need childcare for their children under the age of three are unable to find it. Although around 70 % of day care providers claim to take the single-parent criterion into account when allocating slots, the prevailing allocation procedures cannot guarantee that this is implemented. This article shows how transparent allocation criteria can be designed nationwide and how their implementation can be realised through suitable, centralised, municipal allocation systems. Particularly in (western) German regions with a high unmet demand for institutional childcare, single-parent status should be considered as an independent criterion in addition to other factors such as employment and child age.