Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households?

Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households?

Antipoverty policies in developing countries often assume that targeting poor households will be reasonably effective in reaching poor individuals. This paper questions this assumption, using nutritional status as a proxy for individual poverty. Th...

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Main Authors: Brown, Caitlin, Ravallion, Martin, van de Walle, Dominique
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
TARGETING
UNDERNUTRITION
POVERTY
GENDER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427491489094206188/Are-poor-individuals-mainly-found-in-poor-households-evidence-using-nutrition-data-for-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26342

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427491489094206188/Are-poor-individuals-mainly-found-in-poor-households-evidence-using-nutrition-data-for-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26342

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