Poverty-dominant program reforms: the role of targeting and allocation rules

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Duclos, JY; Makdissi, P; Wodon, Q
• 署名单位: University of Sherbrooke; University of Sherbrooke; Laval University; The World Bank
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.03.001
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 53-73
• 关键词: poverty; targeting; public policy; stochastic dominance

摘要

We propose simple graphical methods to identify poverty-reducing marginal reforms of transfer programs. The methods are based on Program Dominance curves that display cumulative program benefits weighted by powers of poverty gaps. These curves can be decomposed simply as sums of targeting dominance curves and allocation dominance ones, and can serve to verify whether the assessment of marginal: program reforms is sensitive to the choice of poverty lines and poverty measures as well as to differences across programs. in revenue sources and incentive effects. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.