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
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4863
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Summary: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.