The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs: a comparative analysis of three programs in Latin America

A common criticism of antipoverty programs is that the high share of administrative (nontransfer) costs substantially reduces their effectiveness in alleviating poverty. Yet there is surprisingly little hard empirical evidence on such programs' costs. A recent international review of targeted povert...

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Main Authors:	Caldés, Natàlia, Coady, David, Maluccio, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2006
Subjects:	poverty alleviation human capital cost benefit analysis
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172116