Decentralized Beneficiary Targeting in Large-Scale Development Programs : Insights from the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program

This paper contributes to the long-standing debate on the merits of decentralized beneficiary targeting in the administration of development programs, focusing on the large-scale Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program. Nationally-representative househol...

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Main Authors:	Kilic, Talip, Whitney, Edward, Winters, Paul
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFICIARY POPULATION COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY RESOURCES CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA CORRUPTION COUPONS CROP PRODUCTION CROPLAND CROWDING OUT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DRY SEASON FAMINE FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOOD-FOR-EDUCATION FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHER INEQUALITY HORIZONTAL EQUITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND SIZE LANDHOLDINGS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVING STANDARDS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARKET FAILURES MEANS TESTS MILK MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE PARTICIPATION RATES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TARGETING POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR DISTRICTS POOR FAMILIES POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POOR SMALLHOLDER POOR VILLAGES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY STATUS PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PUBLIC SPENDING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ASSET RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL TOWNS SAFETY NET SAP SCHOOLING SMALL-SCALE FARMING SMALLHOLDER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSISTENCE TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER AMOUNTS TRANSITION ECONOMY VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATES WEALTH WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18560932/decentralized-beneficiary-targeting-large-scale-development-programs-insights-malawi-farm-input-subsidy-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16929