Buss, Terry F.; Yancer, Laura C. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 13 (1999) 1, pp. 29-37
Policy makers rely on cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to help them select the best policies and projects to alleviate poverty. But CBA, as practiced in the United States, not only fails to inform policy makers about the best use of scarce resources but helps make poverty worse for many people....