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dc.contributor.authorDevereux, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorMasset, Edoardo
dc.contributor.authorSabates-Wheeler, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorSamson, Michael
dc.contributor.authorte Lintelo, Dolf
dc.contributor.authorRivas, Althea-Maria
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-22T09:18:32Z
dc.date.available2015-07-22T09:18:32Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-20
dc.identifier.isbn978 1 78118 250 5
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6606
dc.description.abstractMany methodologies exist for dividing a population into those who are classified as eligible for social transfers and those who are ineligible. Popular targeting mechanisms include means testing, proxy means tests, categorical, geographic, community-based, and self-selection. This paper reviews empirical evidence from a range of social protection programmes on the accuracy of these mechanisms, in terms of minimising four targeting errors: inclusion and exclusion, by eligibility and by poverty. This paper also reviews available evidence on the various costs associated with targeting, not only administrative but also private, social, psycho-social, incentive-based and political costs. Comparisons are difficult, but all mechanisms generate targeting errors and costs. Given the inevitability of trade-offs, there is no ‘best’ mechanism for targeting social transfers. The key determinant of relative accuracy and cost-effectiveness in each case is how well the targeting mechanism is designed and implemented.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Working Paper;460
dc.rightsThis publication is copyright, but may be reproduced by any method without fee for teaching or nonprofit purposes, but not for resale. Formal permission is required for all such uses, but normally will be granted immediately. For copying in any other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission must be obtained from the publisher and a fee may be payable.en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.subjectSocial Protectionen
dc.titleEvaluating the Targeting Effectiveness of Social Transfers: A Literature Reviewen
dc.typeIDS Working Paperen
dc.rights.holderInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.teamRural Futuresen


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