extra money on school attendance under different transfer amounts and different targeting criteria such as universal … targeting, geographical targeting, targeting of the poor, and progressive targeting. In the poverty simulation approach, it is … alternative benefit levels and targeting scenarios - on the behavioral response and welfare of households. The simulation is …

choosing carefully categories of beneficiaries is almost as important as targeting the poor for achieving a high poverty and … inequality impact. Overall, the findings suggest that although in the Latin American context poverty targeting tends to deliver … higher poverty impacts, there are circumstances under which categorical targeting confined to geographical regions (sometimes …