Optimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context

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dc.creatorGigliarano, Chiara
dc.creatorVerme, Paolo
dc.date2018-02-05T18:21:05Z
dc.date2018-02-05T18:21:05Z
dc.date2018-01-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:44:20Z
dc.descriptionThe paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and related indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees. Estimations focus on the 2014 food voucher administered by the World Food Program to Syrian refugees in Jordan using data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The paper shows how to use ROC curves to optimize targeting using coverage rates, budgets, or poverty lines as guiding principles to increase the overall efficiency of a program. As humanitarian organizations operate under increasing budget constraints and increasing demands for efficiency, the proposed approach addresses both concerns.
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dc.identifierWorld Development
dc.identifier0305-750X
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29314
dc.identifier10.1596/29314
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410184
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectFOOD VOUCHERS
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectRECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.titleOptimal Targeting Under Budget Constraints in a Humanitarian Context
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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