Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?

Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?

A method is proposed for testing the robustness of the assessed targeting performance of an anti-poverty program to the fact that program administrators have a broader concept of "poverty" than the economist/evaluator. An application is given to China's main urban anti-poverty program...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
Health
Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4863

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