From Universal Food Subsidies to a Self-targeted Program
Title | From Universal Food Subsidies to a Self-targeted Program PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Tuck |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780821338391 |
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 336. Discusses the influence of targeted credited intervention programs among participants and non-participants living in program areas and compares them with poverty situations of households in non-program areas. The data are randomly drawn from 1,800 households in Bangladesh from both areas. The analysis shows that it takes about five years for participants to rise above the poverty line and eight years to graduate from program eligibility.
Republic of Tunisia
Title | Republic of Tunisia PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Tuck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Food prices |
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Self-targeted Subsidies
Title | Self-targeted Subsidies PDF eBook |
Author | Richard H. Adams |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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By gradually reducing the number of subsidized foods, and by focusing subsidies on foods consumed more by the poor than by the rich (like coarse baladi bread) Egyptian policymakers have found a way to self-target food subsidies to the urban poor. Yet because the rural poor do not consume as much baladi bread, this system is not as well-targeted to the rural poor.
Quality Differentiation and the Self-targeting of Food Subsidies in Developing Countries
Title | Quality Differentiation and the Self-targeting of Food Subsidies in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Kathy Amanda Lindert |
Publisher | |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 1995 |
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India's Public Distribution System
Title | India's Public Distribution System PDF eBook |
Author | Rokkam Radharkrishna |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780821340905 |
World Bank Technical Paper No. 382. This technical paper compares and contrasts the governance and regulation of new style power pools in Australia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These trading markets in electricity commodities and services are explored in various ways. The authors review the basic governance models, compare decisionmakers in the industry, examine market surveillance methods used, and explore the role of government and the regulator. The paper emphasizes the lessons that can be learned from international experiences.
Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries
Title | Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | David Coady |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780821357699 |
Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, 'Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries' provides a general review of experiences with methods used to target interventions in transition and developing countries. Written for policymakers and program managers in developing countries, in donor agencies, and in NGOs who have responsibility for designing interventions that reach the poor, it conveys what targeting options are available, what results can be expected as well as information that will assist in choosing among them and in their implementation. Key messages are: - While targeting 'works' - the median program transfers 25 percent more to the poor than would a universal allocation - targeting performance around the world is highly variable. - Means testing, geographic targeting, and self-selection based on a work requirement are the most robustly progressive methods. Proxy means testing, community-based selection of individuals and demographic targeting to children show good results on average, but with considerable variation. - Demographic targeting to the elderly, community bidding, and self-selection based on consumption show limited potential for good targeting. - There is no single preferred method for all types of programs or all country contexts. Successful targeting depends critically on how a method is implemented. The CD-ROM includes the database of interventions, an annotated bibliography (PDF) and Spanish and Russian translations of the book (PDFs).
Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana
Title | Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana PDF eBook |
Author | Quentin Wodon |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2012-10-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821396064 |
This study provides a diagnostic of the benefit incidence and targeting performance of social programs in Ghana together with suggestions for how to improve targeting performance.