The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets

The evaluation of policy performance against set targets is rarely adjusted to the heterogeneity in the initial distribution of characteristics. Building on previous literature, we propose a framework to account for differences in initial characteristics in evaluating policy performance. We apply th...

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Main Authors:	Allwine, Melanie, Rigolini, Jamele, López‐Calva, Luis F.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press 2016
Subjects:	millennium development goals poverty targets
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24873

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spelling	okr-10986-248732021-04-23T14:04:28Z The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets Allwine, Melanie Rigolini, Jamele López‐Calva, Luis F. millennium development goals poverty targets The evaluation of policy performance against set targets is rarely adjusted to the heterogeneity in the initial distribution of characteristics. Building on previous literature, we propose a framework to account for differences in initial characteristics in evaluating policy performance. We apply the proposed framework to the appraisal of poverty reduction and show that initial characteristics can considerably affect performance. The framework advances by explicitly quantifying the importance of the non-linearity of the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Whilst wealthier countries did perform better in reducing poverty during 1995–2008, after equalizing the mean of the initial distribution of income the situation reverses, with the poorest countries going from being the worse to being the best performers in poverty reduction. 2016-08-10T20:21:53Z 2016-08-10T20:21:53Z 2015-11-03 Journal Article Oxford Economic Papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24873 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Oxford University Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Central America Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	The evaluation of policy performance against set targets is rarely adjusted to the heterogeneity in the initial distribution of characteristics. Building on previous literature, we propose a framework to account for differences in initial characteristics in evaluating policy performance. We apply the proposed framework to the appraisal of poverty reduction and show that initial characteristics can considerably affect performance. The framework advances by explicitly quantifying the importance of the non-linearity of the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Whilst wealthier countries did perform better in reducing poverty during 1995–2008, after equalizing the mean of the initial distribution of income the situation reverses, with the poorest countries going from being the worse to being the best performers in poverty reduction.
format	Journal Article
author	Allwine, Melanie Rigolini, Jamele López‐Calva, Luis F.
author_facet	Allwine, Melanie Rigolini, Jamele López‐Calva, Luis F.
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title	The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets
title_short	The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets
title_full	The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets
title_fullStr	The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets
title_full_unstemmed	The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets
title_sort	unfairness of (poverty) targets
publisher	Oxford University Press
publishDate	2016
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24873
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The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets

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