Macro Crises and Targeting Transfers to the Poor

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dc.creatorKanbur, Ravi
dc.date2017-08-14T20:46:10Z
dc.date2017-08-14T20:46:10Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:15:43Z
dc.descriptionA 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 reallocation resources towards more tightly targeted programs uses resources more efficiently for poverty reduction. These arguments survive even when the greater informational costs and the incentive effects of finer targeting are taken into account. But political economy arguments suggest that finer targeting will end up with fewer resources allocated to that program, and that looser targeting, because it knits together the interests of the poor and the near poor, may generate greater resources and hence be more effective for poverty reduction despite being 'leakier.' Overall the policy advice to tighten targeting and to avoid more loosely targeted programs during crises needs to be given with consideration caution. However, the advice to design transfer systems with greater flexibility, in the technical and the political economy senses, is strengthened by the arguments presented here. The case for external assistance to design flexible transfer systems ex ante and to relieve the painful tradeoffs in targeting during a crisis is also shown to be strong.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/504701468325185635/Macro-crises-and-targeting-transfers-to-the-poor
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27786
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/27786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416530
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationCommission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 66
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOMMODITY GROUPS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectCOUNTRY CASE
dc.subjectDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STUDIES
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFLEXIBILITY
dc.subjectFOOD SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT RATIO
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
dc.subjectINCENTIVE COSTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOMES INCREASE
dc.subjectINCREASE POVERTY
dc.subjectINDICATOR TARGETING
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY FALLS
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectLONG RUN
dc.subjectMARGINAL TAX
dc.subjectMARGINAL TAX RATE
dc.subjectMARGINAL TAX RATES
dc.subjectMEANS TESTING
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOPTIMUM INCOME TAXATION
dc.subjectPERFECT TARGETING
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGES
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY OPTIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR PERSON
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MINIMIZATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectPRO POOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
dc.subjectRICH COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRISK SHARING
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSELF TARGETING
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSQUARED POVERTY GAP
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWELL BEING
dc.titleMacro Crises and Targeting Transfers to the Poor
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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