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Optimal Targeting under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context

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dc.contributor.authorGigliarano, Chiara
dc.contributor.authorVerme, Paolo
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T19:24:31Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T19:24:31Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.description.abstractThe combination of conflict, food insecurity, and displacement generates competing claims for financial resources that stretch the donors' ability to provide funding and the humanitarian organizations' capacity to provide social assistance. The paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic curves and related indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees. The estimations focus on the 2014 food vouchers administered by the World Food Programme to Syrian refugees in Jordan. The analysis uses data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Based on a poverty model, Receiver Operating Characteristic curves are used to optimize coverage and leakage rates under budget constraints. The paper shows how policy makers can use these instruments to fine-tune targeting using coverage rates, budgets, or poverty lines as guiding principles to increase the overall efficiency of a program. As humanitarian organizations operate under increasing budget constraints and increasing demands for efficiency, the proposed approach addresses both concerns.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/448261505228206418/Optimal-targeting-under-budget-constraints-in-a-humanitarian-context
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8191
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28368
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8191
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFOOD VOUCHERS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectRECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS CURVE
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDISPLACED PEOPLES
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD PROGRAM
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectBUDGETARY EFFICIENCY
dc.titleOptimal Targeting under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Contexten
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okr.crossref.titleOptimal Targeting under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
okr.date.disclosure2017-09-12
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/448261505228206418/Optimal-targeting-under-budget-constraints-in-a-humanitarian-context
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8191
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8191
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryJordan
okr.region.countrySyrian Arab Republic
okr.region.geographicalMiddle East
okr.region.geographicalNorth Africa
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okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicConflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitFragility, Conflict and Violence Cross Cutting Solution Area
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