Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries
Subtitle: Review of Lessons and Experience (World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies)
Edition: Pap/Cdr edition
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9780821357699
Subjects: Development studies; Poverty; Finance; Developing countries; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Economic conditions; Business/Economics; Development - Business Development; Banks & Banking; Development - Economic Development; Economic assistance, Domestic
First sentence: A consensus has emerged in the past two decades that economic growth is a necessary but insufficient condition for the alleviation of poverty.
Description: "Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience reviews the lessons learned from 122 antipoverty interventions in 47 transition and developing countries to quantify targeting outcomes and their determinants and to inform the design and implementation of common targeting methods." "Of particular interest to policymakers and program managers in developing countries, in donor agencies, and in nongovernmental organizations, this book offers important information to facilitate the effective design of interventions that reach the poor."--BOOK JACKET.