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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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4863
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spelling okr-10986-48632021-04-23T14:02:20Z Miss-targeted or Miss-measured? Ravallion, Martin 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 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. 2012-03-30T07:30:07Z 2012-03-30T07:30:07Z 2008 Journal Article Economics Letters 01651765 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4863 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article China
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Ravallion, Martin
Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
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description 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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author Ravallion, Martin
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title Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
title_short Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
title_full Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
title_fullStr Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
title_full_unstemmed Miss-targeted or Miss-measured?
title_sort miss-targeted or miss-measured?
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