A body of recent studies has compared the ability of proxy-means testing (PMT), a data-driven poverty targeting procedure, and community-based targeting (CBT), a participatory method, to identify consumption-poor households. Motivated by the facts that targeted benefits typically reach...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Economic thought and Poverty -- 1 Were Good Times Really that Bad? Mercantilist Views on Poverty and Employment -- 2 Adam Smith-A Champion...

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Poverty is a system -- Pyramid to diamond -- Systems thinking -- On-the-ground systemic challenges -- Systems thinking and the...