Beschreibung
This volume develops alternative methods that might improve the targeting efficiency of development programs in terms of the coverage of the poor and leakage to the non-poor.
The research on which this volume is based received the
of the Foundation Fiat Panis (Germany).
Autorenportrait
Nazaire Idriss Houssou holds a degree of
from the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), an MSc and a PhD degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim (Germany). He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Development Strategy and Governance Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C. The author is outposted to Accra, Ghana where he works under IFPRI’s Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) which aims at triggering Agricultural Transformation in the country.
Inhalt
Contents: Operational Models for Improving the Targeting Efficiency of Development Policies: A systematic comparison of different estimation methods using out-of-sample tests – To Target or Not to Target? The costs, benefits, and impacts of indicator-based targeting – Targeting the Poor and Smallholder Farmers: Empirical evidence from Malawi.
