comparison to four other methods (the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) wealth index, the Poverty Probability Index (PPI …), Community Based Targeting (CBT) and the Ghana Government's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program). We first …

Targeting of national anti-poverty programs in low-income countries commonly relies on statistical procedures involving … household-level survey data, while small-scale poverty-alleviation programs often employ so-called community-based targeting …

Progress out of Poverty Index and a housing index), in Honduras and Peru. The methods we examine perform similarly to one …

A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …

Public works programs in developing countries can reduce poverty in the long term and help lowskilled workers cope with …