the largest poverty effect is attained with very narrow targeting. Hence, we find a trade-off between targeting accuracy …-effective way to identify income-poor beneficiaries of targeted anti-poverty programs. However, their usefulness depends on whether …-parametric regression- techniques, we show that the resulting leakage can largely be confined to the non-poor close to the poverty line …

the largest poverty impact is attained with very narrow targeting. Hence, the link between targeting accuracy and poverty …-effective way to identify income-poor beneficiaries of targeted anti-poverty programs. However, their usefulness depends on whether …-parametric regression-techniques, we show that the resulting leakage can largely be confined to the non-poor close to the poverty line …

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 …, where village communities themselves identify program beneficiaries. Combining data from community-based targeting exercises …

that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment, we analyze three dimensions of size … (number of beneficiaries, size of transfer per beneficiary, and size of total budget) and three dimensions of targeting … (coverage, leakage, and quality of demographic targeting). We identify 67 programs, which fall into three broad categories …

preferential credit. This paper examines poverty targeting and impact of the micro-credit program. It is found that the program is … not very pro-poor in terms of targeting. Among the participants, the non-poor account for a larger proportion of loans … on poverty reduction of the participants. This positive impact is found for all the three Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty …

methods to anti-poverty programs in developing countries, drawing on examples from actual evaluations. Two main lessons emerge …

transfer programmes will lead to an improved effectiveness of the relevant government agencies. -- impact evaluation ; poverty …