A poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America

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dc.creatorHernandez, Manuel A.
dc.creatorTorero, Máximo
dc.date2016-04-01
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:09Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:22:41Z
dc.descriptionDevelopment projects are generally subject to a potential tradeoff between sustainability and poverty reduction. Grants are also commonly assigned without a standardized criterion. This paper proposes an innovative scoring tool that combines both a risk and poverty scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation. We implement and test the instrument through a competitive fund for demand-driven projects in Central America intended to better link smallholder farmers to markets and improve their welfare. The evaluation results show that the highest-ranked projects generally have a larger economic impact on their beneficiaries than lower-ranked projects. We observe a larger effect on income, access to credit,and access to local markets, and the relative differences are stronger over time. The proposed scorecard tool is intended to better ensure the accountability and sustainability of development funds and can be easily adapted to different contexts
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146194
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102568
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158104
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153507
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160241
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161865
dc.relationhttps://cn.ifpri.org/archives/4611
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHernandez, Manuel A. and Torero, Máximo. 2016. A poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1518. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146194
dc.subjectgrants
dc.subjectlending
dc.subjectdevelopment projects
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectpolicy analysis
dc.subjectrisk
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectcredit
dc.subjectfinance
dc.titleA poverty-sensitive scorecard to prioritize lending and grant allocation: Evidence from Central America
dc.typeWorking Paper

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