Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program
Chapter 10 uses Egypt as a case study to examine the effectiveness of proxy means test (PMT) targeting. Targeting effectiveness is defined in terms of the ability of the program to enroll beneficiaries from the lowest two quintiles of the expenditure distribution. The authors also consider the socia...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Kurdi, Sikandra Breisinger, Clemens ElDidi, Hagar El-Enbaby, Hoda Gilligan, Daniel O. Karachiwalla, Naureen |
| author_browse | Breisinger, Clemens El-Enbaby, Hoda ElDidi, Hagar Gilligan, Daniel O. Karachiwalla, Naureen Kurdi, Sikandra |
| author_facet | Kurdi, Sikandra Breisinger, Clemens ElDidi, Hagar El-Enbaby, Hoda Gilligan, Daniel O. Karachiwalla, Naureen |
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| description | Chapter 10 uses Egypt as a case study to examine the effectiveness of proxy means test (PMT) targeting. Targeting effectiveness is defined in terms of the ability of the program to enroll beneficiaries from the lowest two quintiles of the expenditure distribution. The authors also consider the social costs of implementing PMT in a context where administrative capacity to explain the targeting mechanism to the public is imperfect. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1458422025-11-06T04:09:35Z Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program Kurdi, Sikandra Breisinger, Clemens ElDidi, Hagar El-Enbaby, Hoda Gilligan, Daniel O. Karachiwalla, Naureen project management economic growth programmes social protection social policies hunger social welfare rural development food security cash transfers poverty resilience project evaluation Chapter 10 uses Egypt as a case study to examine the effectiveness of proxy means test (PMT) targeting. Targeting effectiveness is defined in terms of the ability of the program to enroll beneficiaries from the lowest two quintiles of the expenditure distribution. The authors also consider the social costs of implementing PMT in a context where administrative capacity to explain the targeting mechanism to the public is imperfect. 2018-10-04 2024-06-21T09:05:09Z 2024-06-21T09:05:09Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145842 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147204 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147205 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147206 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kurdi, Sikandra; Breisinger, Clemens; ElDidi, Hagar; El-Enbaby, Hoda; Gilligan, Daniel; and Karachiwalla, Naureen. 2018. Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program. In Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection, eds. Fleur Stephanie Wouterse and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Chapter 10, Pp. 135-153. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145842 |
| spellingShingle | project management economic growth programmes social protection social policies hunger social welfare rural development food security cash transfers poverty resilience project evaluation Kurdi, Sikandra Breisinger, Clemens ElDidi, Hagar El-Enbaby, Hoda Gilligan, Daniel O. Karachiwalla, Naureen Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program |
| title | Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program |
| title_full | Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program |
| title_fullStr | Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program |
| title_short | Targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama program |
| title_sort | targeting social safety nets using proxy means tests evidence from egypt s takaful and karama program |
| topic | project management economic growth programmes social protection social policies hunger social welfare rural development food security cash transfers poverty resilience project evaluation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145842 |
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