Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context

The paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and related indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees. Estimations focus on the 2014 food voucher administered by the World Food Program to Syrian refugees in Jordan using data collected by...

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Main Authors:	Verme, Paolo, Gigliarano, Chiara
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	TARGETING FOOD VOUCHERS REFUGEES RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29314

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spelling	okr-10986-293142021-05-25T10:54:43Z Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara TARGETING FOOD VOUCHERS REFUGEES RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS The paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and related indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees. Estimations focus on the 2014 food voucher administered by the World Food Program to Syrian refugees in Jordan using data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The paper shows how to use ROC curves to optimize targeting using coverage rates, budgets, or poverty lines as guiding principles to increase the overall efficiency of a program. As humanitarian organizations operate under increasing budget constraints and increasing demands for efficiency, the proposed approach addresses both concerns. 2018-02-05T18:21:05Z 2018-02-05T18:21:05Z 2018-01-05 Journal Article World Development 0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29314 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Middle East and North Africa Middle East Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	TARGETING FOOD VOUCHERS REFUGEES RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS
spellingShingle	TARGETING FOOD VOUCHERS REFUGEES RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE POVERTY LINE CASH TRANSFERS Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
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description	The paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and related indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees. Estimations focus on the 2014 food voucher administered by the World Food Program to Syrian refugees in Jordan using data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The paper shows how to use ROC curves to optimize targeting using coverage rates, budgets, or poverty lines as guiding principles to increase the overall efficiency of a program. As humanitarian organizations operate under increasing budget constraints and increasing demands for efficiency, the proposed approach addresses both concerns.
format	Journal Article
author	Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara
author_facet	Verme, Paolo Gigliarano, Chiara
author_sort	Verme, Paolo
title	Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
title_short	Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
title_full	Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
title_fullStr	Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
title_full_unstemmed	Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
title_sort	optimal targeting under budget constraints in a humanitarian context
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29314
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Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context

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