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In Light of What They Know: How Do Local Leaders Make Targeting Decisions?

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dc.contributor.authorDervisevic, Ervin
dc.contributor.authorGarz, Seth
dc.contributor.authorMannava, Aneesh
dc.contributor.authorPerova, Elizaveta
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-05T15:48:36Z
dc.date.available2020-11-05T15:48:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes how local leaders make targeting decisions in the context of a public workfare program in the Lao People~^!!^s Democratic Republic. The study finds that village heads are progressive in their targeting, prioritizing the poorer households in their villages. The study benchmarks this decentralized selection to the common alternative proxy means test method and finds that village heads are at least as progressive as a proxy means test method approach. To illuminate what poverty-related information village heads could plausibly be incorporating into their internal selection decisions, the study designs and administers a set of exercises for village heads to rank villagers on land ownership, access to nutrition, and experience with recent shocks -- indicators that are likely to differ in their observability to village heads and could plausibly be associated with need for public support. The study finds that village heads~^!!^ perceptions, as revealed through the ranking exercise, differ substantially from actual levels reported in surveys of the villagers themselves. The study then uses a data-driven machine learning approach to identify the predictors of village head selection. It concludes that village heads rely on a combination of easily observable household characteristics, forming a holistic impression of household welfare, rather than specific indicators like actual land ownership, nutrition, or economic shocks.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/683561604432151071/In-Light-of-What-They-Know-How-do-Local-Leaders-Make-Targeting-Decisions
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9465
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34732
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9465
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectLOCAL LEADERS
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.titleIn Light of What They Knowen
dc.title.subtitleHow Do Local Leaders Make Targeting Decisions?en
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleIn Light of What they Know: How Do Local Leaders Make Targeting Decisions?
okr.date.disclosure2020-11-03
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/683561604432151071/In-Light-of-What-They-Know-How-do-Local-Leaders-Make-Targeting-Decisions
okr.guid683561604432151071
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9465
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9465
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087f5dcfc_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32550167
okr.identifier.reportWPS9465
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryLao People's Democratic Republic
okr.statistics.combined1281
okr.statistics.dr683561604432151071
okr.statistics.drstats977
okr.topicGovernance::Local Government
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitGender Innovation Lab and the Office of the Chief Economist, East Asia and the Pacific Region
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