Evaluating Emergency Programs

Evaluating Emergency Programs

Emergency programs are designed to soften the impact of economic crises-income shocks experienced by an entire community or country-on consumption and human capital accumulation. Of particular concern are poor people: as a result of inadequate savi...

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Main Author:	Maloney, William F.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY SUPPORT SOCIAL FUNDS TRAINING PROGRAMS TARGETED SUBSIDIES GOVERNMENT TRANSFER OF FUNDS INVESTMENT PROGRAMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS PROJECT EVALUATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS WELFARE-TO-WORK TRANSITION ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM BENCHMARK BENEFICIARIES BUREAUCRACIES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION INCREASES CROWDING OUT DEBT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISCOUNT RATES DISCOUNTED VALUE DIVIDENDS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY EMPLOYMENT EXTERNALITIES FULL EMPLOYMENT GDP HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTRINSIC VALUE LABOR INPUTS LDCS LIVING STANDARDS MARGINAL UTILITY MORAL HAZARD MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES OVERHEAD COSTS PERMANENT INCOME PERMANENT INCOME HYPOTHESIS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS RELATIVE VALUE RISK AVERSION SAFETY NETS SAPS SAVINGS SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUNDS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETING TRADEOFFS TRAINING CENTERS TRANSPORT UNDERLYING PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WEALTH WELFARE FUNCTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660271/evaluating-emergency-programs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19418

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