Politics, Public Works and Poverty : Evidence from the Bangladesh Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest
Public works programs can be effective safety nets if they help allocate resources toward poor households. By setting wages lower than market rates public works programs identify poor households reasonably well. When these programs are oversubscrib...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150921504018082396/Politics-public-works-and-poverty-evidence-from-the-Bangladesh-employment-generation-programme-for-the-poorest http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28355 |