Targeted Transfers in Poor Countries : Revisiting the Tradeoffs and Policy Options

Targeted Transfers in Poor Countries : Revisiting the Tradeoffs and Policy Options

Two tradeoffs have been widely seen to severely constrain the scope for attacking poverty using redistributive transfers in poor countries: an equity-efficiency tradeoff and an insurance-efficiency tradeoff. The author provides a critical overview...

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
TARGETED ASSISTANCE
TARGETED SUBSIDIES
REDISTRIBUTION
TRADEOFFS
EQUITY OBJECTIVES
RISK MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE IMPACT
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE OUTPUT
ASSET DISTRIBUTION
ASSET INEQUALITY
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
CASH TRANSFERS
CHRONIC POVERTY
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC EFFECTS
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKET FAILURE
DATA SET
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DROUGHT
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EGS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPIRICAL SUPPORT
EMPIRICAL WORK
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
EXTERNALITIES
FAMINE
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
IMPACT OF INEQUALITY
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME RISK
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME SUPPORT
INCOME TRANSFERS
INCOMES
INDICATOR TARGETING
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY REDUCTION
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE
LAND INEQUALITY
LINK BETWEEN INEQUALITY AND GROWTH
LOW INCOME
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
MEAN INCOME
MEANS TESTING
MEANS TESTS
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE SHOCK
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
POLICY CIRCLES
POLICY DESIGN
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY INTERVENTION
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR GROWTH
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION SHARE
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVE
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY
PRODUCTIVE OPPORTUNITIES
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC SPENDING
RANDOM WALK
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICY
REDUCING INEQUALITY
REDUCING POVERTY
RISING INEQUALITY
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SOCIAL COSTS
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TARGETING
TARGETING MECHANISMS
TAXATION
THEORETICAL MODELS
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAGES
RISK MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2360829/targeted-transfers-poor-countries-revisiting-tradeoffs-policy-options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18213

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