Politics, Public Works and Poverty : Evidence from the Bangladesh Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest

Politics, Public Works and Poverty : Evidence from the Bangladesh Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest

Public works programs can be effective safety nets if they help allocate resources toward poor households. By setting wages lower than market rates public works programs identify poor households reasonably well. When these programs are oversubscrib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sharif, Iffath, Ruthbah, Ummul
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC WORKS
JOB CREATION
POLITICS
POLITICAL ACCESS
SAFETY NET
SEASONAL WORK
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150921504018082396/Politics-public-works-and-poverty-evidence-from-the-Bangladesh-employment-generation-programme-for-the-poorest
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28355

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150921504018082396/Politics-public-works-and-poverty-evidence-from-the-Bangladesh-employment-generation-programme-for-the-poorest
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28355

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