Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience (World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies)

Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 13
1. Introduction......Page 15
The Benefits of Targeting......Page 19
The Costs of Targeting......Page 21
2.1 Calculating Leakage and Undercoverage Rates......Page 24
Classifying Targeting Methods......Page 27
Database Construction......Page 33
Programs Identified......Page 35
Indicators of Targeting Performance......Page 39
Descriptive Analysis......Page 40
Regression Analysis......Page 47
Caveats and Limitations......Page 53
Summary......Page 56
Means Testing......Page 59
Proxy Means Testing......Page 65
Community-Based Targeting......Page 73
Geographical Targeting......Page 76
Demographic Targeting......Page 83
Self-Targeting......Page 87
What Can We Say about the Effectiveness of Targeting?......Page 97
What Can We Say about the Implementation of Targeting Methods?......Page 99
Final Remarks......Page 100
References......Page 105
Index......Page 119
3.1 Distribution of Interventions by Region and Country Income Levels......Page 36
3.2 Distribution of Targeting Methods by Region,Country Income Level, and Program Type......Page 38
3.3 Targeting Performance by Antipoverty Intervention for Sample Programs, 1985–2003......Page 41
3.4 Targeting Performance by Targeting Method......Page 46
3.5 Multivariate Analysis of Targeting Performance......Page 48
3.6 Association between Targeting Performance and Number of Methods Used......Page 52
4.1 Comparing Targeting Methods: Overview......Page 60
2.1 Targeting Poverty Alleviation Transfer......Page 20
5.1 Minimal Desired Reporting for International Comparability......Page 102