Journal Article
Targeting Ultra-Poor Households in Honduras and Peru

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Published
2019-02
Journal
World Bank Economic Review 33(1):63-94Metadata
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.Citation
“Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram. 2019. Targeting Ultra-Poor Households in Honduras and Peru. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34289 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”
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