How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger

The methods used to identify the beneficiaries of programs aiming to address persistent poverty and shocks are subject to frequent policy debates. Relying on panel data from Niger, this report simulates the performance of various targeting methods that are widely used by development and humanitarian...

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Main Author:	Schnitzer, Pascale
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2020
Subjects:	SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETING ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION POVERTY REDUCTION RESILIENCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33145

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spelling	okr-10986-331452021-05-25T10:54:39Z How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger Schnitzer, Pascale SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETING ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION POVERTY REDUCTION RESILIENCE The methods used to identify the beneficiaries of programs aiming to address persistent poverty and shocks are subject to frequent policy debates. Relying on panel data from Niger, this report simulates the performance of various targeting methods that are widely used by development and humanitarian actors. The methods include proxy-means testing (PMT), household economy analysis (HEA), geographical targeting, and combined methods. Results show that PMT performs more effectively in identifying persistently poor households, while HEA shows superior performance in identifying transiently food insecure households. Geographical targeting is particularly efficient in responding to food crises, which tend to be largely covariate. Combinations of geographical, PMT, and HEA approaches may be used as part of an efficient and scalable adaptive social protection system. Results motivate the consolidation of data across programs, which can support the application of alternative targeting methods tailored to program-specific objectives. 2020-01-08T18:11:18Z 2020-01-08T18:11:18Z 2019-12-06 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33145 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Niger
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spellingShingle	SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETING ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION POVERTY REDUCTION RESILIENCE Schnitzer, Pascale How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
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description	The methods used to identify the beneficiaries of programs aiming to address persistent poverty and shocks are subject to frequent policy debates. Relying on panel data from Niger, this report simulates the performance of various targeting methods that are widely used by development and humanitarian actors. The methods include proxy-means testing (PMT), household economy analysis (HEA), geographical targeting, and combined methods. Results show that PMT performs more effectively in identifying persistently poor households, while HEA shows superior performance in identifying transiently food insecure households. Geographical targeting is particularly efficient in responding to food crises, which tend to be largely covariate. Combinations of geographical, PMT, and HEA approaches may be used as part of an efficient and scalable adaptive social protection system. Results motivate the consolidation of data across programs, which can support the application of alternative targeting methods tailored to program-specific objectives.
format	Journal Article
author	Schnitzer, Pascale
author_facet	Schnitzer, Pascale
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title	How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
title_short	How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
title_full	How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
title_fullStr	How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
title_full_unstemmed	How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger
title_sort	how to target households in adaptive social protection systems? evidence from humanitarian and development approaches in niger
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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How to Target Households in Adaptive Social Protection Systems? Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Niger

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