dc.contributor.author | Devereux, Stephen | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-24T13:54:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-24T13:54:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 01/04/1999 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Devereux, S. (1999) Targeting Transfers: Innovative Solutions to Familiar Problems. IDS Bulletin 30(2): 61-74 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-5436 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/9122 | |
dc.description.abstract | Summaries The case for targeting cash or in?kind transfers to the poor – that it maximises cost?effectiveness and equitable allocation of scarce public resources – is partially offset by the administrative, social and political costs that targeting introduces. This article examines practical applications of three alternative targeting mechanisms: self?targeting, individual assessment, and group characteristics. It finds that current international ‘conventional wisdom’ – which favours, for example, introducing gender quotas to public works projects and minimising administration costs to maximise transfers to beneficiaries – often leads to perverse outcomes, which have motivated innovative modifications in specific local contexts. | en |
dc.format.extent | 14 | en |
dc.publisher | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin Vol. 30 Nos. 2 | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdf | en |
dc.title | Targeting Transfers: Innovative Solutions to Familiar Problems | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | © 1999 Institue of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1999.mp30002007.x | en |