This paper suggests how the targeting efficiency of government programmes may be better assessed. Using the “pro … paper also shows that the targeting efficiency for a particular socio-economic group should be judged on the basis of a …

well as basic service delivery in education, health and infrastructure. The index provides a means to assess the targeting … efficiency of government programmes compared to perfect targeting. The paper also deals with the policy issue of how targeting … captures how well targeted a programme is within a group. On the other hand, if our objective is to maximize poverty reduction …

This paper presents a new model for constructing poverty lines. The model uses consumer theory to construct both food … and nonfood poverty thresholds. Although one cannot completely eliminate the value judgments inherent in the construction … of poverty thresholds, this model helps to make the ad hoc assumptions that are generally made more justifiable. The …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …

This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro … reduction in poverty is monotonically an increasing function of the pro-poor growth measure. This paper proposes a pro …-poor growth measure that satisfies the monotonicity criterion. This measure is called the ‘poverty equivalent growth rate’, which …

ication of a poverty line or particular poverty measures . The paper introduces three alternative principles of targeting … targeting efficiencies of 44 countries , which include both middle and high income countries . …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its …

consequences of these developments on children, few studies have systematically analyzed the poverty situation among the elderly …