Budget constraints faced by governments in developing countries imply that the targeting performance of public … subsidies and social programs (whether the subsidies are provided in cash or in kind) is important for reducing poverty. In this … various targeting systems (including proxy means testing and geographic targeting) could help to improve targeting performance. …

We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing marginal reforms of transfer programs. The methods are … based on Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves … can be decomposed simply as sums of targeting dominance curves and allocation dominance ones, and can serve to verify …

The government of Chile has been using for many years a system for the targeting of many of its income transfers and … to social housing, and childcare centers. At the local level, municipalities also use the form for the targeting of their … programs which are targeted using the ficha CAS play a major role not only in the alleviation of poverty, but also in its …

The evaluation of the poverty impact and targeting performance of a given social program may depend on how other … simple yet theoretically sound method for allocating between various programs the overall poverty reduction obtained from a … set of programs, and for assessing the targeting performance of each program …

We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing transfer program reforms. The methods are based on … Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves can be … decomposed simply as sums of targeting dominance curves and allocation dominance ones, and can serve to verify whether the …

poor than those without access, the program’s overall performance is low in terms of poverty reduction. Targeting through … at helping the poor is not clear. In this chapter we assess the targeting performance of a similar subsidy for …

This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic …. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and … translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. …

result of the conflict, as well as a lack of improvement since then, at least for those in poverty who are highly vulnerable …