Targeting
- Improving the efficiency of targeting poor in Uganda by allowing potential beneficiaries to appeal
- N. Houssou; M. Zeller; J. Johannsen / AgEcon Search, 2010
- Households whose incomes are below the poverty line are considered eligible for targeted benefits. The current paper seeks to find out how best to target the poor, using household survey data from Uganda. The study compares the perfor...
- What can be done to strengthen environmental protection and promote sustainable development in the Central Albertine Rift?
- E. van de Giessen / Institute for Environmental Security, 2008
- The Central Albertine Rift is a transboundary eco-region important not only in terms of its great biodiversity, but also in terms of politics and security. Violent conflicts in the region related to valuable mineral and natural resour...
- Who will be left behind by the MDGs?
- A., U. Ahmed; R., V. Hill; L., C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
- Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. This paper examines the first Millenn...
- How politics can shape poverty reduction efforts
- S. Hickey; T. Braunholtz-Speight / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
- This policy brief looks at the role that politics plays in shaping efforts towards poverty reduction. While this has received growing recognition within international development over the past decade, from the ‘good governance&r...
- Using the household economy approach in cash transfer programmes
- J. Seaman; J. Acidri; M. Kachale / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
- Cash transfer programmes have been proposed as a means of providing benefits to targeted individuals or households in poorer African countries. A large programme aimed at poverty relief would require information to establish targ...
- Reducing poverty in Sri-Lanka: could the government do better?
- A.G.W. Nanayakkara / Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka, 2007
- This paper discusses the methodology that is being used by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in computing Official Poverty Line (OPL).. It also gives the definitions of various measures used in measuring poverty for resear...
- The successes and constraints of South Africa's public health care system
- R. Burger; C. Swanepoel / Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa, 2006
- Since the advent of the post-apartheid era in 1994, the South African health care system has undergone numerous radical policy changes. Free primary health care was introduced in 1996, and budget allocations have largely shifted to tr...
- Effective ultra-poor targeting of microfinance efforts in Bangladesh requires specifically tailored programmes
- P. Barua; M. Sulaiman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006
- In 2001 the BDP microfinance ultra-poor programme was established in rural Bangladesh. To attract and sustain the participation of the ultra-poor, this experimental programme provides credit and enterprise training, as well as service...
- Strategies to address chronic poverty in Uganda
- C. Lwanga-Ntale / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
- This policy brief describes the circumstances of the chronically poor in Uganda, and offers a range of suggestions on programmes and areas for attention to support the Ugandan government's social protection agenda. The paper sp...
- Taking poverty mapping to a new level
- D. Rogers; T. Emwanu; T. Robinson / Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative, 2006
- Global poverty alleviation efforts have long produced mixed results, and attempts at identifying their various pitfalls have reinforced the need to establish accurate targeting of poverty reduction initiatives. The fundamental pre-req...
- Improving the efficiency of targeting poor in Uganda by allowing potential beneficiaries to appeal
- N. Houssou; M. Zeller; J. Johannsen / AgEcon Search, 2010
- Households whose incomes are below the poverty line are considered eligible for targeted benefits. The current paper seeks to find out how best to target the poor, using household survey data from Uganda. The study compares the perfor...
- What can be done to strengthen environmental protection and promote sustainable development in the Central Albertine Rift?
- E. van de Giessen / Institute for Environmental Security, 2008
- The Central Albertine Rift is a transboundary eco-region important not only in terms of its great biodiversity, but also in terms of politics and security. Violent conflicts in the region related to valuable mineral and natural resour...
- Who will be left behind by the MDGs?
- A., U. Ahmed; R., V. Hill; L., C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
- Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. This paper examines the first Millenn...
- How politics can shape poverty reduction efforts
- S. Hickey; T. Braunholtz-Speight / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
- This policy brief looks at the role that politics plays in shaping efforts towards poverty reduction. While this has received growing recognition within international development over the past decade, from the ‘good governance&r...
- Using the household economy approach in cash transfer programmes
- J. Seaman; J. Acidri; M. Kachale / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
- Cash transfer programmes have been proposed as a means of providing benefits to targeted individuals or households in poorer African countries. A large programme aimed at poverty relief would require information to establish targ...
- Reducing poverty in Sri-Lanka: could the government do better?
- A.G.W. Nanayakkara / Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka, 2007
- This paper discusses the methodology that is being used by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in computing Official Poverty Line (OPL).. It also gives the definitions of various measures used in measuring poverty for resear...
- The successes and constraints of South Africa's public health care system
- R. Burger; C. Swanepoel / Bureau for Economic Research, South Africa, 2006
- Since the advent of the post-apartheid era in 1994, the South African health care system has undergone numerous radical policy changes. Free primary health care was introduced in 1996, and budget allocations have largely shifted to tr...
- Effective ultra-poor targeting of microfinance efforts in Bangladesh requires specifically tailored programmes
- P. Barua; M. Sulaiman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006
- In 2001 the BDP microfinance ultra-poor programme was established in rural Bangladesh. To attract and sustain the participation of the ultra-poor, this experimental programme provides credit and enterprise training, as well as service...
- Strategies to address chronic poverty in Uganda
- C. Lwanga-Ntale / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
- This policy brief describes the circumstances of the chronically poor in Uganda, and offers a range of suggestions on programmes and areas for attention to support the Ugandan government's social protection agenda. The paper sp...
- Taking poverty mapping to a new level
- D. Rogers; T. Emwanu; T. Robinson / Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative, 2006
- Global poverty alleviation efforts have long produced mixed results, and attempts at identifying their various pitfalls have reinforced the need to establish accurate targeting of poverty reduction initiatives. The fundamental pre-req...
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