Targeting Ultra-Poor Households in Honduras and Peru

doi:10.1093/wber/lhw036

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Targeting Ultra-Poor Households in Honduras and Peru

creativeworkseries.issn	1564-698X
dc.contributor.author	Karlan, Dean
dc.contributor.author	Thuysbaert, Bram
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-06T17:10:14Z
dc.date.available	2020-08-06T17:10:14Z
dc.date.issued	2019-02
dc.description.abstract	For policy purposes, it is important to understand the relative efficacy of various methods to target the poor. Recently, participatory methods have received particular attention. We examine the effectiveness of a hybrid two-step process that combines a participatory wealth ranking and a verification household survey, relative to two proxy means tests (the Progress out of Poverty Index and a housing index), in Honduras and Peru. The methods we examine perform similarly by various metrics. They all identify most accurately the poorest and the wealthiest households but perform with mixed results among households in the middle of the distribution. Ultimately, given similar performance, the analysis suggests that costs should be the driving consideration in choosing across methods.	en
dc.identifier.citation	World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/34289
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/34289
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	POVERTY TARGETING
dc.subject	PARTICIPATORY WEALTH RANKING
dc.subject	PROXY MEANS TEST
dc.subject	POVERTY INDEX
dc.title	Targeting Ultra-Poor Households in Honduras and Peru	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Targeting Ultra-Poor Households in Honduras and Peru
okr.date.disclosure	2020-08-06
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhw036
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/34289
okr.journal.nbpages	63-94
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Honduras
okr.region.country	Peru
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.volume	33(1)
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