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Finding the Poor vs. Measuring their Poverty: Exploring the Drivers of Targeting Effectiveness in Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorBah, Adama
dc.contributor.authorBazzi, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorSumarto, Sudarno
dc.contributor.authorTobias, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-28T22:11:34Z
dc.date.available2018-02-28T22:11:34Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.description.abstractCentralized targeting registries are increasingly used to allocate social assistance benefits in developing countries. There are two key design issues that matter for targeting accuracy: (i) which households to survey for inclusion in the registry and (ii) how to rank surveyed households. The authors attempt to identify their relative importance by evaluating Indonesia's Unified Database for Social Protection Programs (UDB), among the largest targeting registries in the world, used to provide social assistance to over 25 million households. Linking administrative data with an independent household survey, they find that the UDB system is more progressive than previous, program-specific targeting approaches. However, simulating an alternative targeting system based on enumerating all households, they find a one-third reduction in undercoverage of the poor compared to focusing on households registered in the UDB. Overall, there are large gains in targeting performance from improving the initial registration stage relative to the ranking stage.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/731751519134047409/Finding-the-poor-vs-measuring-their-poverty-exploring-the-drivers-of-targeting-effectiveness-in-Indonesia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8342
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29402
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8342
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectPROXY-MEANS TESTING
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectREGISTRY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.titleFinding the Poor vs. Measuring their Povertyen
dc.title.subtitleExploring the Drivers of Targeting Effectiveness in Indonesiaen
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35397 Journal article
okr.crossref.titleFinding the Poor vs. Measuring their Poverty: Exploring the Drivers of Targeting Effectiveness in Indonesia
okr.date.disclosure2018-02-20
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/731751519134047409/Finding-the-poor-vs-measuring-their-poverty-exploring-the-drivers-of-targeting-effectiveness-in-Indonesia
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8342
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryIndonesia
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
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.unitStrategy and Operations Team, Development Economics Vice Presidency
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