Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers

Albania provides a small amount of social assistance to nearly 20 percent of its population through a system that allows some community discretion in determining distribution. This study investigates how well this social assistance program is targe...

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Main Author:	Alderman, Harold
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING BENEFICIARIES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGETING CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES CHECKS CITIES COMMUNES COMMUNITIES CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMER SUBSIDIES COUNTERFACTUAL DECENTRALIZATION DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DISTRICTS DURABLE DURABLE GOODS DWELLING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPENDITURE EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY SAFETY NETS FEMALE FEMALES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL FEDERALISM FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS FOOD SUBSIDIES FRAUD HOLDING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR MARKET LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MOBILITY OLD-AGE PENSION PENSION PENSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC WORKS REFERENDUM RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FAMILIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS STATE ENTERPRISES TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TAX TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736885/multi-tier-targeting-social-assistance-role-intergovernmental-transfers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17214

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spelling	okr-10986-172142021-04-23T14:03:29Z Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers Alderman, Harold ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING BENEFICIARIES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGETING CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES CHECKS CITIES COMMUNES COMMUNITIES CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMER SUBSIDIES COUNTERFACTUAL DECENTRALIZATION DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DISTRICTS DURABLE DURABLE GOODS DWELLING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPENDITURE EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY SAFETY NETS FEMALE FEMALES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL FEDERALISM FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS FOOD SUBSIDIES FRAUD HOLDING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR MARKET LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MOBILITY OLD-AGE PENSION PENSION PENSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC WORKS REFERENDUM RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FAMILIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS STATE ENTERPRISES TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TAX TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WAGES Albania provides a small amount of social assistance to nearly 20 percent of its population through a system that allows some community discretion in determining distribution. This study investigates how well this social assistance program is targeted to the poor. Relative to other safety net programs in low-income countries, social assistance in Albania is fairly well targeted. Nevertheless, the system is hampered by the absence of a clear, objective criterion to determine the size of the grants from the central government to communes as well as limited information that could be used to implement this criterion. Substantial gains in targeting could be achieved if the central government better allocated transfers to local governments, even holding local targeting at base levels. 2014-03-04T20:29:38Z 2014-03-04T20:29:38Z 2001-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736885/multi-tier-targeting-social-assistance-role-intergovernmental-transfers World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17214 English en CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING BENEFICIARIES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGETING CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES CHECKS CITIES COMMUNES COMMUNITIES CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMER SUBSIDIES COUNTERFACTUAL DECENTRALIZATION DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DISTRICTS DURABLE DURABLE GOODS DWELLING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPENDITURE EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY SAFETY NETS FEMALE FEMALES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL FEDERALISM FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS FOOD SUBSIDIES FRAUD HOLDING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR MARKET LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MOBILITY OLD-AGE PENSION PENSION PENSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC WORKS REFERENDUM RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FAMILIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS STATE ENTERPRISES TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TAX TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WAGES
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING BENEFICIARIES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGETING CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES CHECKS CITIES COMMUNES COMMUNITIES CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMER SUBSIDIES COUNTERFACTUAL DECENTRALIZATION DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES DISTRICTS DURABLE DURABLE GOODS DWELLING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPENDITURE EXTERNALITIES FACE VALUE FAMILY SAFETY NETS FEMALE FEMALES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL FEDERALISM FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS FOOD SUBSIDIES FRAUD HOLDING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR MARKET LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION MOBILITY OLD-AGE PENSION PENSION PENSIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATES PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC WORKS REFERENDUM RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FAMILIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS STATE ENTERPRISES TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TAX TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WAGES Alderman, Harold Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia
description	Albania provides a small amount of social assistance to nearly 20 percent of its population through a system that allows some community discretion in determining distribution. This study investigates how well this social assistance program is targeted to the poor. Relative to other safety net programs in low-income countries, social assistance in Albania is fairly well targeted. Nevertheless, the system is hampered by the absence of a clear, objective criterion to determine the size of the grants from the central government to communes as well as limited information that could be used to implement this criterion. Substantial gains in targeting could be achieved if the central government better allocated transfers to local governments, even holding local targeting at base levels.
format	Journal Article
author	Alderman, Harold
author_facet	Alderman, Harold
author_sort	Alderman, Harold
title	Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers
title_short	Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers
title_full	Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers
title_fullStr	Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers
title_full_unstemmed	Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers
title_sort	multi-tier targeting of social assistance : the role of intergovernmental transfers
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736885/multi-tier-targeting-social-assistance-role-intergovernmental-transfers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17214
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Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers

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