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The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets

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dc.contributor.authorAllwine, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorRigolini, Jamele
dc.contributor.authorLópez‐Calva, Luis F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-10T20:21:53Z
dc.date.available2016-08-10T20:21:53Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-03
dc.description.abstractThe evaluation of policy performance against set targets is rarely adjusted to the heterogeneity in the initial distribution of characteristics. Building on previous literature, we propose a framework to account for differences in initial characteristics in evaluating policy performance. We apply the proposed framework to the appraisal of poverty reduction and show that initial characteristics can considerably affect performance. The framework advances by explicitly quantifying the importance of the non-linearity of the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Whilst wealthier countries did perform better in reducing poverty during 1995–2008, after equalizing the mean of the initial distribution of income the situation reverses, with the poorest countries going from being the worse to being the best performers in poverty reduction.en
dc.identifier.citationOxford Economic Papers
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/24873
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24873
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectmillennium development goals
dc.subjectpoverty targets
dc.titleThe Unfairness of (Poverty) Targetsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttp://oep.oxfordjournals.org/content/68/2/379 Journal website (version of record)
okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13159 Working paper (pre-print version)
okr.date.disclosure2017-05-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:23:10.608341Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/oep/gpv066
okr.identifier.report108328
okr.journal.nbpages379-97
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographicalCaribbean
okr.region.geographicalCentral America
okr.region.geographicalLatin America
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Development Patterns and Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Pro-Poor Growth
okr.volume68(2)
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