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Chaaban, Jad M.
, Ghattas, Hala, Irani, Alexandra and Thomas, Alban
(2018)
Targeting mechanisms for cash transfers using regional aggregates.
TSE Working Paper, n. 18-896, Toulouse
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Abstract
We propose an empirical method for improving food assistance scoring and targeting, which minimizes under-coverage and leakage of food and cash assistance programs. The empirical strategy relies on a joint econometric estimation of food insecurity and economic vulnerability indicators at the household level, using data-driven instead of predetermined quantiles.We apply the method to recent micro data on Syrian refugees in Lebanon, to explore how regional and community-based aggregates can improve the targeting effectiveness of aid programs, notably food aid by the World Food Program in Lebanon. Our results confirm that using regional aggregates are useful for augmenting the Balanced Poverty Accuracy Criterion, and our method performs much better than the current policy in terms of targeting effectiveness and accuracy for economically vulnerable households.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Date: | February 2018 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Targeting, Food security, Economic vulnerability, Food aid, Refugees |
| JEL Classification: | I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2018 09:48 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2021 15:57 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:32515 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/25864 |
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