analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often making it seem that … data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly doubled while the effect …

Proxy means test (PMT) poverty targeting tools have become common tools for beneficiary targeting and poverty … USAID poverty assessment tool and base data are used for demonstration of these methods; however, the methods applied in … this paper should be considered for PMT and other poverty-targeting tool development more broadly …

Proxy means test (PMT) poverty targeting tools have become common tools for beneficiary targeting and poverty … USAID poverty assessment tool and base data are used for demonstration of these methods; however, the methods applied in … this paper should be considered for PMT and other poverty-targeting tool development more broadly …