Are the Welfare Losses from Imperfect Targeting Important?
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00567.x
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- Skoufias, Emmanuel & Coady, David, 2002. "Are the welfare losses from imperfect targeting important?," FCND discussion papers 125, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Coady, David P. & Skoufias, Emmanuel, 2002. "Are the welfare losses from imperfect targeting important?," FCND briefs 125, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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