Cash transfers in Africa exhibit many contradictions specific to development aid and humanitarian aid. The norms …

populations, and highlights the gaps between systems of standardized norms, imposed by these programs, as opposed to local norms …

extra money on school attendance under different transfer amounts and different targeting criteria such as universal … targeting, geographical targeting, targeting of the poor, and progressive targeting. In the poverty simulation approach, it is …—with alternative benefit levels and targeting scenarios—on the behavioral response and welfare of households. The simulation is carried …

are marginally eligible, improving targeting through minimizing errors of inclusion. Results also indicate that the very …

choosing carefully categories of beneficiaries is almost as important as targeting the poor for achieving a high poverty and … inequality impact. Overall, the findings suggest that although in the Latin American context poverty targeting tends to deliver … higher poverty impacts, there are circumstances under which categorical targeting confined to geographical regions (sometimes …

extra money on school attendance under different transfer amounts and different targeting criteria such as universal … targeting, geographical targeting, targeting of the poor, and progressive targeting. In the poverty simulation approach, it is …—with alternative benefit levels and targeting scenarios—on the behavioral response and welfare of households. The simulation is carried …