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Picking the poor indicators for geographic targeting in Peru

Geographic targeting of social programs to the poor has become increasingly important in Peru. The potential payoffs of such targeting are large, and differences in outcomes with different targeting indicators are small

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schady, Norbert Rudiger
Corporate Author:	World Bank Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Poverty Sector Unit 2000
Series:	Policy research working paper
Subjects:	Transfer Payments / Peru Poverty / Peru Poor / Peru Social Accounting / Peru Peru / Social Policy Peru / Economic Conditions / Regional Disparities Peru / Social Conditions / Regional Disparities
Online Access:	http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/workingpaper...
Collection:	World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa

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Summary:	Geographic targeting of social programs to the poor has become increasingly important in Peru. The potential payoffs of such targeting are large, and differences in outcomes with different targeting indicators are small
Item Description:	"November 2000"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16). - Title from title screen as viewed on Oct. 03, 2002