Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context

The paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and related indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees. Estimations focus on the 2014 food voucher administered by the World Food Program to Syrian refugees in Jordan using data collected by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Verme, Paolo, Gigliarano, Chiara
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29314