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

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dc.contributor.authorSchnitzer, Pascale
dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T15:33:26Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T15:33:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-18
dc.description.abstractThe methods to select safety net beneficiaries are the subject of frequent policy debates. This paper presents the results from a randomized experiment analyzing how efficiency, legitimacy, and short-term program effectiveness vary across widely used targeting methods. The experiment was embedded in the roll-out of a national cash transfer program in Niger. Eligible villages were randomly assigned to have beneficiary households selected through community-based targeting, a proxy-means test, or a formula designed to identify the food-insecure. Proxy-means testing is found to outperform other methods in identifying households with lower consumption per capita. The methods perform similarly against other welfare benchmarks. Legitimacy is high across all methods, but local populations have a slight preference for formula-based approaches. Manipulation and information imperfections are found to affect community-based targeting, although triangulation across multiple selection committees mitigates the related risks. Finally, short-term program impacts on food security are largest among households selected by proxy-means testing. Overall, the differences in performance across targeting methods are small relative to the overall level of exclusion stemming from limited funding for social programs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387791524060631076/Efficiency-legitimacy-and-impacts-of-targeting-methods-evidence-from-an-experiment-in-Niger
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8412
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29714
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8412
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROGRAM
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectEFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS
dc.subjectPROXY-MEANS TEST
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectWELFARE BENCHMARKS
dc.titleEfficiency, Legitimacy and Impacts of Targeting Methodsen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from an Experiment in Nigeren
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okr.date.disclosure2018-04-18
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387791524060631076/Efficiency-legitimacy-and-impacts-of-targeting-methods-evidence-from-an-experiment-in-Niger
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8412
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08590439f_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29815860
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNiger
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice.
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