. Using Indonesia's anti-poverty program, this paper investigates which pre-program conditions are associated with community …-based targeting outcomes. Results show that wealthier and more unequal villages constantly target better. This suggests that, though … exhibit better targeting, but lose this advantage over time, as the monitoring of loan disbursement becomes more difficult for …

In response to the economic, natural, and political crisis that enveloped Indonesia from August 1997 (beginning of … sectional and panel data to examine the targeting of these programs. First, “static participation incidence” (the relationship … substantially worse than perfect targeting --and remarkably similar for all of the JPS programs. Second, unlike standard static …

A unique data-set from Indonesia is analysed to understand what individuals know about the income distribution in their … informed and individuals are able to better evaluate the poverty status of those to whom they are more socially proximate …

relevant for further processing, for example poverty calculations, but surveyed explicitly in another (source) survey, not … latently observed in the surveys typically used for poverty calculation. It is explicitly captured in the social survey, which … is not suitable for poverty measurement. This procedure is useful for ex-post enhancement of survey data in general. …

relevant for further processing, for example poverty calculations, but surveyed explicitly in another (source) survey, not … latently observed in the surveys typically used for poverty calculation. It is explicitly captured in the social survey, which … is not suitable for poverty measurement. This procedure is useful for ex-post enhancement of survey data in general. …

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 …

Social programmes for poverty alleviation involve eligibility rules and transfer rules that often proxy-means tests. We … propose to specify the estimator in connection with the poverty alleviation problem. Three distinct stages emerge from the …-values of living standards plugged into the poverty minimization programme to obtain the transfer amounts. We apply these …

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 …

redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …