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Poverty alleviation policy targeting: a review of experiences in developing countries

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  • Emmanuelle Lavallée

    (DIAL, Paris)

  • Anne Olivier

    (DIAL, EHESS)

  • Laure Pasquier-Doumer

    (DIAL, IRD, Paris)

  • Anne-Sophie Robilliard

    (DIAL, IRD, Paris)

Abstract

(english) Fiscal constraints and policy changes to improve the effectiveness of programmes in reducing poverty have gradually led the international community to use tools to reach the poor. Poverty reduction policy targeting is one of them. This paper reviews targeted poverty alleviation policies in developing countries and seeks to identify the key factors that affect their performances. _________________________________ (français) Dans un contexte de ressources budgétaires limitées et suite au constat que la croissance et l’aide publique au développement ne bénéficiaient pas forcément aux pauvres, la communauté internationale a eu recours à des outils spécifiques permettant d’atteindre en priorité les pauvres. Le ciblage des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté est l’un de ces outils. Cet article vise à dresser un bilan des expériences de ciblage menées dans les pays en développement. Il cherche pour cela à dégager les facteurs de réussite ou d’échec de ces expériences et fait le point sur les questions qui font toujours débat.

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  • Emmanuelle Lavallée & Anne Olivier & Laure Pasquier-Doumer & Anne-Sophie Robilliard, 2010. "Poverty alleviation policy targeting: a review of experiences in developing countries," Working Papers DT/2010/10, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
    • Handle: RePEc:dia:wpaper:dt201010
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    1. Nasri, Khaled & Weslati, Adnen, 2022. "Targeting Household Deprivations for Multidimensional Poverty Alleviation: An Application to Tunisian Data," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1019, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    2. Will, Meike & Groeneveld, Jürgen & Lenel, Friederike & Frank, Karin & Müller, Birgit, 2023. "Determinants of Household Vulnerability in Networks with Formal Insurance and Informal Risk-Sharing," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
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    4. Sanjay K Mohanty & Golam Rasul & Bidhubhusan Mahapatra & Dhrupad Choudhury & Sabarnee Tuladhar & E. Valdemar Holmgren, 2018. "Multidimensional Poverty in Mountainous Regions: Shan and Chin in Myanmar," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 138(1), pages 23-44, July.
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    6. Nasri, Khaled, 2020. "Social Safety Nets in Tunisia: Do Benefits Reach the Poor and Vulnerable households at the Regional Level?," GLO Discussion Paper Series 440, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
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    8. Stephen Howes & Dung Doan, 2012. "Revisiting the relationship between targeting and program performance," Development Policy Centre Discussion Papers 1212, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    9. Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo & Ilai Levin & Alessia Pagani & Mauro Pisu & Åsa Johansson, 2022. "A framework to decarbonise the economy," OECD Economic Policy Papers 31, OECD Publishing.
    10. Anne Esser & Charlotte Bilo & Raquel Tebaldi, 2019. "How can cash transfer programmes work for women and children? A review of gender- and child-sensitive design features," Working Papers 178, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.

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    Keywords

    targeting; poverty; redistribution; developing countries; ciblage; pauvreté; redistribution; pays en développement.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

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