Targeting of transfers in developing countries : review of lessons and experience / / David Coady, Margaret Grosh, John Hoddinott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962835003321
• Autore: Coady David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-08561-4; 9786610085613; 1-4175-4386-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 109 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm. + + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
• Collana: World Bank regional and sectoral studies
• Altri autori (Persone): GroshMargaret E; HoddinottJohn
• Disciplina: 338.91/09172/4
• Soggetti: Economic assistance, Domestic - Developing countries; Poverty - Developing countries; Developing countries Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Targeting: An Overview -- The Benefits of Targeting -- The Costs of Targeting -- Measuring Targeting Performance -- Classifying Targeting Methods -- 3. The International Evidence on Targeting Outcomes -- Database Construction -- Programs Identified -- Indicators of Targeting Performance -- Descriptive Analysis -- Regression Analysis -- Caveats and Limitations -- Summary -- 4. Implementing Targeting Methods -- Means Testing -- Proxy Means Testing -- Community-Based Targeting -- Geographical Targeting -- Demographic Targeting -- Self-Targeting -- 5. Summary and Discussion -- What Can We Say about the Effectiveness of Targeting? -- What Can We Say about the Implementation of Targeting Methods? -- Final Remarks -- References -- Index -- Tables -- 2.1 Calculating Leakage and Undercoverage Rates -- 3.1 Distribution of Interventions by Region and Country Income Levels -- 3.2 Distribution of Targeting Methods by Region,Country Income Level, and Program Type -- 3.3 Targeting Performance by Antipoverty Intervention for Sample Programs, 1985-2003 -- 3.4 ; Targeting Performance by Targeting Method -- 3.5 Multivariate Analysis of Targeting Performance -- 3.6 Association between Targeting Performance and Number of Methods Used -- 4.1 Comparing Targeting Methods: Overview -- Figure -- 2.1 Targeting Poverty Alleviation Transfer -- Box -- 5.1 Minimal Desired Reporting for International Comparability.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on a database of more than one hundred antipoverty interventions in 47 countries, this book provides a general review of experiences with methods used to target interventions in transition and developing countries. Written for policymakers and program managers in developing countries, in donor agencies, and NGOs who have responsibility for designing interventions that reach the poor, it conveys what targeting options are available, what results can be expected, and provides information about their implementation.

African economic institutions / / Kwame Akonor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964568003321
• Autore: Akonor Kwame
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-22457-9; 1-135-22458-7; 1-282-57626-7; 9786612576263; 0-203-86521-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Collana: Global institutions
• Disciplina: 337.6
• Soggetti: Institutional economics - History; Africa Economic conditions; Africa Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The history of African economic institutions and their development agenda -- Structure and activities of the African IEOs -- Towards a ; heterodox approach -- African regional economic communities -- Emerging issues and future direction.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book analyzes how, and under what conditions, African International Economic Organizations (IEO) have evolved, and what individual and collective contributions, if any, these African IEOs have had on Africa's socio-economic development. Providing a comprehensive and accessible overview, the book covers the continent's main IEOs, The United Nations Economic Commission on Africa, The African Development Bank; and The New Partnership for Africa's Development as well as the five major Regional Economic Communities, including Economic Community of West African States, and Southern Af