Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (33 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
Parallel Title:
Ravallion, Martin Geographic Inequity In A Decentralized Anti-Poverty Program
Keywords:
Absolute poverty
;
Anti-poverty programs
;
Data set
;
Developing countries
;
Economic Theory and Research
;
Income
;
Inequality
;
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
;
Mean incomes
;
Policy ReseaRch
;
Poor areas
;
Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Poverty lines
;
Public Sector Management and Reform
;
Redistributive policies
;
Services and Transfers to Poor
;
Absolute poverty
;
Anti-poverty programs
;
Data set
;
Developing countries
;
Economic Theory and Research
;
Income
;
Inequality
;
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
;
Mean incomes
;
Policy ReseaRch
;
Poor areas
;
Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Poverty lines
;
Public Sector Management and Reform
;
Redistributive policies
;
Services and Transfers to Poor
;
Absolute poverty
;
Anti-poverty programs
;
Data set
;
Developing countries
;
Economic Theory and Research
;
Income
;
Inequality
;
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
;
Mean incomes
;
Policy ReseaRch
;
Poor areas
;
Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Poverty lines
;
Public Sector Management and Reform
;
Redistributive policies
;
Services and Transfers to Poor
Abstract:
The central governments of many developing countries have chosen to decentralize their anti-poverty programs, in the expectation that local agents are better informed about local needs. The paper shows that this potential advantage of decentralized eligibility criteria can come at a large cost, to the extent that the induced geographic inequities undermine performance in reaching the income- poor nationally. These issues are studied empirically for (probably) the largest transfer-based poverty program in the world, namely China's Di Bao program, which aims to assure a minimum income through means-tested transfers. Poor municipalities are found to adopt systematically lower eligibility thresholds, reducing the program's ability to reach poor areas, and generating considerable horizontal inequity
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