The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social
The benefit incidence and impact of projects financed by the Nicaraguan Emergency Social Investment Fund are investigated using a sample of beneficiaries, a national household survey, and two distinct comparison groups. The first group is construct...
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okr-10986-172032021-04-23T14:03:29Z The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social Pradhan, Menno Rawlings, Laura B. ACCESS TO SERVICES BASIC NEEDS CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPMENT BANK DIPHTHERIA DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT EXPENDITURE EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET LATRINE LATRINES MALNUTRITION MORTALITY NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLIO POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEAD POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HEALTH SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING TOWNS URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VILLAGES WHOOPING COUGH The benefit incidence and impact of projects financed by the Nicaraguan Emergency Social Investment Fund are investigated using a sample of beneficiaries, a national household survey, and two distinct comparison groups. The first group is constructed on the basis of geographic proximity between similar facilities and their corresponding communities; the second is drawn from the national living standards measurement study survey sample using propensity score matching techniques. The analysis finds that the social fund investments in latrines, schools, and health posts are targeted to poor communities and households, whereas those in sewerage are targeted to the better-off. Investments in water systems are poverty-neutral. Education investments have a positive, significant impact on school outcomes regardless of the comparison group used. The results of health investments are less clear. Using one comparison group, the analysis finds that use of health clinics increased as a result of the investments; using both, it finds higher use of clinics for children under age six with diarrhea. With neither comparison group does it find improvements in health outcomes. Social fund investments in water and sanitation improve access to services but have no effect on health outcomes. 2014-03-04T17:21:33Z 2014-03-04T17:21:33Z 2002-05 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17741850/impact-targeting-social-infrastructure-investments-lessons-nicaraguan-social-fund-impact-evaluation-social-funds World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17203 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua |
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ACCESS TO SERVICES BASIC NEEDS CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPMENT BANK DIPHTHERIA DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT EXPENDITURE EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET LATRINE LATRINES MALNUTRITION MORTALITY NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLIO POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEAD POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HEALTH SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING TOWNS URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VILLAGES WHOOPING COUGH |
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ACCESS TO SERVICES BASIC NEEDS CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPMENT BANK DIPHTHERIA DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT EXPENDITURE EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET LATRINE LATRINES MALNUTRITION MORTALITY NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLIO POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEAD POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HEALTH SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING TOWNS URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VILLAGES WHOOPING COUGH Pradhan, Menno Rawlings, Laura B. The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social |
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The benefit incidence and impact of
projects financed by the Nicaraguan Emergency Social
Investment Fund are investigated using a sample of
beneficiaries, a national household survey, and two distinct
comparison groups. The first group is constructed on the
basis of geographic proximity between similar facilities and
their corresponding communities; the second is drawn from
the national living standards measurement study survey
sample using propensity score matching techniques. The
analysis finds that the social fund investments in latrines,
schools, and health posts are targeted to poor communities
and households, whereas those in sewerage are targeted to
the better-off. Investments in water systems are
poverty-neutral. Education investments have a positive,
significant impact on school outcomes regardless of the
comparison group used. The results of health investments are
less clear. Using one comparison group, the analysis finds
that use of health clinics increased as a result of the
investments; using both, it finds higher use of clinics for
children under age six with diarrhea. With neither
comparison group does it find improvements in health
outcomes. Social fund investments in water and sanitation
improve access to services but have no effect on health outcomes. |
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Pradhan, Menno Rawlings, Laura B. |
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Pradhan, Menno Rawlings, Laura B. |
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Pradhan, Menno |
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The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social |
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The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social |
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The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social |
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The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social |
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The Impact and Targeting of Social Infrastructure Investments : Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social |
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impact and targeting of social infrastructure investments : lessons from the nicaraguan social |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17741850/impact-targeting-social-infrastructure-investments-lessons-nicaraguan-social-fund-impact-evaluation-social-funds http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17203 |
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