A Poor Means Test? : Econometric Targeting in Africa
Proxy-means testing is a popular method of poverty targeting with imperfect information. In a now widely-used version, a regression for log consumption calibrates a proxy-means test score based on chosen covariates, which is then implemented for ta...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/484991481639919564/A-poor-means-test-econometric-targeting-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25814 |