Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?

Which social safety-net progammes reach poor households? How cost efficient are they? This research shows that public works programmes have great potential for targeting poor households. However there is a great variability in their performance. Human capital subsidies provide a promising approach f...

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Autor principal: Coady, David
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157351
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description Which social safety-net progammes reach poor households? How cost efficient are they? This research shows that public works programmes have great potential for targeting poor households. However there is a great variability in their performance. Human capital subsidies provide a promising approach for addressing poverty and have been shown to have a substantial impact on nutrition, health, and education outcomes.
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spelling CGSpace1573512025-02-24T06:48:35Z Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor? Coady, David poverty alleviation subsidies food aid cost benefit analysis social welfare costs analysis Which social safety-net progammes reach poor households? How cost efficient are they? This research shows that public works programmes have great potential for targeting poor households. However there is a great variability in their performance. Human capital subsidies provide a promising approach for addressing poverty and have been shown to have a substantial impact on nutrition, health, and education outcomes. 2003 2024-10-24T12:49:07Z 2024-10-24T12:49:07Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157351 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156674 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157447 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute World Food Programme Coady, David. 2003. Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor? Linking Research and Action: strengthening food assistance and food policy research -- IFPRI/WFP brief. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157351
spellingShingle poverty alleviation
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food aid
cost benefit analysis
social welfare
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analysis
Coady, David
Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?
title Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?
title_full Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?
title_fullStr Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?
title_full_unstemmed Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?
title_short Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor?
title_sort cost effective safety nets what are the costs of reaching the poor
topic poverty alleviation
subsidies
food aid
cost benefit analysis
social welfare
costs
analysis
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