Holdings: Macro Crises and Targeting Transfers to the Poor

Macro Crises and Targeting Transfers to the Poor

A central question for policy makers concerned with helping the poor through a macro crisis is how to target scarcer resources at a time of greater need. Technical arguments suggest that finer targeting through tightening individual programs or rea...

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Main Author:	Kanbur, Ravi
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AVERAGE INCOMES BASIC NEEDS CASH TRANSFERS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY GROUPS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTRY CASE DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS FINANCIAL CRISIS FLEXIBILITY FOOD SUBSIDIES HEADCOUNT RATIO HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS INCENTIVE COSTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOMES INCREASE INCREASE POVERTY INDICATOR TARGETING INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY FALLS INSURANCE INTERVENTIONS LONG RUN MARGINAL TAX MARGINAL TAX RATE MARGINAL TAX RATES MEANS TESTING NUTRITION OPTIMUM INCOME TAXATION PERFECT TARGETING POLICY CHANGES POLICY MAKERS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR PERSON POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MINIMIZATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRO POOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC WORKS REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES RICH COUNTRIES RISK SHARING RURAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY NETS SELF TARGETING SOCIAL PROTECTION SQUARED POVERTY GAP TARGETING TAXATION TRANSFER PROGRAMS WAGES WELL BEING
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