CAIRO — Every year, millions of donated food boxes, known as “Ramadan cartons,” are distributed across Egypt throughout the month, circulated from individuals to small charitable organizations to large entities, including government bodies. Ramadan boxes represent the informal social version of in-kind support, after government-provided in-kind support was replaced by cash transfers in 2014 in line with the adoption of austerity policies. However, in the same way that official in-kind food assistance disappeared, this informal version may face a similar fate amid exceptional inflation rates. T…