This paper compares the standard economic welfare approach to poverty measurement to the empirical approaches proposed in the capability literature under the special focus of their suitability for operational poverty assessment, i.e. targeting and outreach evaluation. We question whether the...

The measurement of per capita daily expenditures which are compared with a monetary poverty line is the most widely used approach regarding poverty assessment. It is, however, based on the implementation of time and cost-intensive household surveys and, therefore, not an operational method for...

This paper seeks to answer an operational development question: how best to target the poor? In their endeavor, policy makers, program managers, and development practitioners face the daily challenge of targeting policies, projects, and services at the poorer strata of the population. This is...

Developing accurate, yet operational poverty assessment tools to target the poorest households remains a challenge for applied policy research. This paper aims to develop poverty assessment tools for four countries: Bangladesh, Peru, Uganda, and Kazakhstan. The research applies the Principal...

The motivation for this research stems from increasing interest showed for the issue of targeting. The paper explores the use of proxy means tests to identify the poorest households in Uganda. The set of indicators used in our model includes variables usually available in Living Standard...

he measurement of per capita daily expenditures relative to a monetary poverty line, also known as ?sophisticated means testing?, is the most widely used approach to poverty assessment. However, it is reliant on the implementation of time- and cost-intensive household surveys. Hence, for...

A working paper summarizing the experiences of conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America, focusing on their challenges and options to improve them.

Este estudio trata de comprender el proceso de implementación del Programa Desnutrición Cero en Bolivia a través del Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS). Desde el año 2006 este Programa ha crecido substancialmente tanto en su cobertura como en su capacidad institucional. El estudio busca...

A working paper summarizing the experiences of conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America, focusing on their challenges and options to improve them.

Este estudio trata de comprender el proceso de implementación del Programa Desnutrición Cero en Bolivia a través del Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS). Desde el año 2006 este Programa ha crecido substancialmente tanto en su cobertura como en su capacidad institucional. El estudio busca...