Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options

Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options

This paper investigates reasons of Georgian targeted social assistance (TSA)’s declining performance and presents a new proxy means test (PMT) model estimated on the most recent household income and expenditure survey data (2018). The paper finds t...

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Main Authors: Honorati, Maddalena, Sormani, Roberto Claudio, Carraro, Ludovico
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
TARGETING SOCIAL PROGRAMS
PROXY MEANS TEST
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663231597209859792/Assessing-the-Targeting-System-in-Georgia-Proposed-Reform-Options
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spelling okr-10986-343582021-09-17T00:10:59Z Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options Honorati, Maddalena Sormani, Roberto Claudio Carraro, Ludovico SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE TARGETING SOCIAL PROGRAMS PROXY MEANS TEST This paper investigates reasons of Georgian targeted social assistance (TSA)’s declining performance and presents a new proxy means test (PMT) model estimated on the most recent household income and expenditure survey data (2018). The paper finds that the presented updated formula performs better in terms of its ranking property, coverage of the poor, and benefit incidence among the poor. The updated PMT formula will improve the coverage of the poorest decile by raising it from 69 percent to 77 percent and the benefit incidence in the poorest decile from 60 to 65 percent. The analysis also finds that most of the winners are in the poorest quintile while the losers in the top quintiles. In the medium term, the paper highlights the potential benefits of moving to a hybrid targeting approach, whereby reported income is used as a first-stage exclusion criterion before a PMT assessment. 2020-08-13T15:58:33Z 2020-08-13T15:58:33Z 2020-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663231597209859792/Assessing-the-Targeting-System-in-Georgia-Proposed-Reform-Options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34358 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper;No. 2005 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia
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topic SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
TARGETING SOCIAL PROGRAMS
PROXY MEANS TEST
spellingShingle SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
TARGETING SOCIAL PROGRAMS
PROXY MEANS TEST
Honorati, Maddalena
Sormani, Roberto Claudio
Carraro, Ludovico
Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
relation Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper;No. 2005
description This paper investigates reasons of Georgian targeted social assistance (TSA)’s declining performance and presents a new proxy means test (PMT) model estimated on the most recent household income and expenditure survey data (2018). The paper finds that the presented updated formula performs better in terms of its ranking property, coverage of the poor, and benefit incidence among the poor. The updated PMT formula will improve the coverage of the poorest decile by raising it from 69 percent to 77 percent and the benefit incidence in the poorest decile from 60 to 65 percent. The analysis also finds that most of the winners are in the poorest quintile while the losers in the top quintiles. In the medium term, the paper highlights the potential benefits of moving to a hybrid targeting approach, whereby reported income is used as a first-stage exclusion criterion before a PMT assessment.
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author Honorati, Maddalena
Sormani, Roberto Claudio
Carraro, Ludovico
author_facet Honorati, Maddalena
Sormani, Roberto Claudio
Carraro, Ludovico
author_sort Honorati, Maddalena
title Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
title_short Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
title_full Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
title_fullStr Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
title_sort assessing the targeting system in georgia : proposed reform options
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663231597209859792/Assessing-the-Targeting-System-in-Georgia-Proposed-Reform-Options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34358
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