Many methodologies exist for dividing a population into those who are classified as eligible
for social transfers and those who are ineligible. Popular targeting mechanisms include …

During the past decade, the use of conditional cash transfer programs to increase
investment in human capital has generated considerable excitement in both research and …

Proxy-means tests (PMTs) are popular for poverty-targeting with imperfect information. In a
widely-used version, a regression for log consumption calibrates a PMT score based on …

What considerations lead policymakers to invest in agricultural extension as a key public
responsibility, and what factors and agency incentives explain differences in extension …

The publication of this book is in large part due to the role of Canada's Inter national
Development Research Center (IDRC) in encouraging policy-relevant research in the fields …

Development Economics: Theory and Practice provides students and practitioners with the
perspectives and the tools they need to think analytically and critically about the current …

A newly constructed comprehensive database of 122 targeted antipoverty interventions in
48 countries is used to examine the contested issue of the efficacy of targeting interventions …

Conditional cash transfer programs are now used extensively to encourage poor parents to
increase investments in their children's human capital. These programs can be large and …

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a particular challenge to countries with high levels of
labour market informality. Informal workers and their households are especially vulnerable …

The article assesses the impact of Argentina's main social policy response to the severe
economic crisis of 2002. The program was intended to provide direct income support for …