Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience

Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, this report provides a general review of experiences with methods used to target interventions in transition and developing countries. Written for policymake...

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Main Authors:	Coady, David, Grosh, Margaret, Hoddinott, John
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETED TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING MECHANISMS DESCRIPTIVE PROJECT ANALYSIS REGRESSION ANALYSIS MEANS TESTING TRANSFER PROGRAMS GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS SELF TARGETING SELF TARGETING SAFETY NETS POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5176486/targeting-transfers-developing-countries-review-lessons-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14902

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spelling	okr-10986-149022021-04-23T14:03:12Z Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience Coady, David Grosh, Margaret Hoddinott, John TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETED TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING MECHANISMS DESCRIPTIVE PROJECT ANALYSIS REGRESSION ANALYSIS MEANS TESTING TRANSFER PROGRAMS GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS SELF TARGETING SELF TARGETING SAFETY NETS POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, this report 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 nongovernmental organizations 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: 1) 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. 2) 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. 3) 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. 2013-08-08T13:45:03Z 2013-08-08T13:45:03Z 2004 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5176486/targeting-transfers-developing-countries-review-lessons-experience 0-8213-5769-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14902 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic	TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETED TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING MECHANISMS DESCRIPTIVE PROJECT ANALYSIS REGRESSION ANALYSIS MEANS TESTING TRANSFER PROGRAMS GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS SELF TARGETING SELF TARGETING SAFETY NETS POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
spellingShingle	TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETED TRANSFER PROGRAMS TARGETING MECHANISMS DESCRIPTIVE PROJECT ANALYSIS REGRESSION ANALYSIS MEANS TESTING TRANSFER PROGRAMS GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS SELF TARGETING SELF TARGETING SAFETY NETS POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS Coady, David Grosh, Margaret Hoddinott, John Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience
description	Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, this report 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 nongovernmental organizations 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: 1) 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. 2) 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. 3) 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.
format	Publications & Research :: Publication
author	Coady, David Grosh, Margaret Hoddinott, John
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title	Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience
title_short	Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience
title_full	Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience
title_fullStr	Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience
title_full_unstemmed	Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience
title_sort	targeting of transfers in developing countries : review of lessons and experience
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5176486/targeting-transfers-developing-countries-review-lessons-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14902
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Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience

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