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How Relevant is Targeting to the Success of an Antipoverty Program?

dc.contributor.author Ravallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-08T16:54:16Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-08T16:54:16Z
dc.date.issued 2007-11-01
dc.description.abstract Policy-oriented discussions often assume that "better targeting" implies larger impacts on poverty or more cost-effective interventions. The literature on the economics of targeting warns against that assumption, but evidence has been scarce. The paper begins with a critical review of the strengths and weaknesses of the targeting measures found in practice. It then exploits an unusually large micro data set for China to estimate aggregate and local-level poverty impacts of the country's main urban antipoverty program. Standard measures of targeting are found to be uninformative, or even deceptive, about impacts on poverty and cost-effectiveness in reducing poverty. In program design and evaluation, it would be better to focus directly on the program's outcomes for poor people than to rely on prevailing measures of targeting. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8665762/relevant-targeting-success-antipoverty-program
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7541
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4385
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subject ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
dc.subject ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM
dc.subject ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS
dc.subject CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject COST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DISABILITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject FAMILY BENEFITS
dc.subject FOOD STAMPS
dc.subject FOOD SUBSIDIES
dc.subject GUARANTEED MINIMUM INCOME
dc.subject HEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject ILLNESS
dc.subject IMPACTS ON POVERTY
dc.subject IMPERFECT INFORMATION
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject INCOME GAINS
dc.subject INCOME SOURCES
dc.subject INDICATOR TARGETING
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subject INTERVENTION
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject LIVELIHOOD
dc.subject LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject MEAN INCOME
dc.subject MEASURES OF POVERTY
dc.subject MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject NATIONAL POLICY
dc.subject NET INCOME
dc.subject NEW POOR
dc.subject NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject PARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject PERFECT TARGETING
dc.subject PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
dc.subject POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TARGETING
dc.subject POLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject POVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subject POVERTY IMPACTS
dc.subject POVERTY INDEX
dc.subject POVERTY LINE
dc.subject POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject POVERTY OUTCOMES
dc.subject POVERTY RATES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY TRAPS
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject SQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subject SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subject TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject TRANSFER PAYMENTS
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject URBAN POVERTY
dc.subject WORKFARE PROGRAMS
dc.title How Relevant is Targeting to the Success of an Antipoverty Program? en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8665762/relevant-targeting-success-antipoverty-program
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4385
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20071109105528
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 8665762
okr.identifier.report WPS4385
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/11/09/000158349_20071109105528/Rendered/PDF/wps4385.pdf en
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topic Services and Transfers to Poor
okr.topic Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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