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Efficiency, Legitimacy, and Impacts of Targeting Methods: Evidence from an Experiment in Niger

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dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
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dc.date.issued2020-09-08
dc.description.abstractThe methods to select safety net beneficiaries are the subject of frequent debates. Targeting assessments usually focus on efficiency by documenting the pre-program profile of selected beneficiaries. This study provides a more comprehensive analysis of targeting performance through an experiment embedded in a national cash transfer program in Niger. Eligible villages were randomly assigned to have beneficiary households selected by community-based targeting (CBT), proxy-means testing (PMT), or a formula to identify the food-insecure (FCS). The study considers targeting legitimacy and the impact of targeting choice on program effectiveness based on data collected after program roll-out. PMT is more efficient in identifying households with lower consumption per capita. Nonbeneficiaries find formula-based methods (PMT and FCS) more legitimate than CBT. Manipulation and information imperfections affect CBT, which can explain why it is not the most legitimate. Program impacts on some welfare dimensions are larger among households selected by PMT than CBT.en
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40834
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40834
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectFIELD EXPERIMENT
dc.titleEfficiency, Legitimacy, and Impacts of Targeting Methodsen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from an Experiment in Nigeren
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.crossref.titleEfficiency, Legitimacy, and Impacts of Targeting Methods: Evidence from an Experiment in Niger
okr.date.disclosure2020-09-08
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doidoi.org/10.1093/wber/lhaa019
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40834
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber892–920
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryNiger
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.volume35 (4)
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