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

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-73

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a   Makdissi, Paul ^b   Wodon, Quentin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Public policy; Stochastic dominance; Targeting

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TARGETING;

EID: 17044373098     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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