Administering targeted social programs in Latin America : from platitudes to practice

The conceptual issues of targeting are well understood. Whether, how and how much to target social services or subsidies to the poor depends on balancing the benefits and costs in a given set of circumstances. The benefit of targeting is that it can concentrate expenditures allocated to poverty alle...

• Main Author: Grosh, Margaret E
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1994
• Series: World Bank regional and sectoral studies
• Subjects: POLITICA SOCIAL; ADMINISTRACION SOCIAL; SERVICIOS SOCIALES; ESTUDIOS DE CASOS; BIENESTAR SOCIAL; ANALISIS COSTO BENEFICIO; AMERICA LATINA; APLICACIONES; CASOS PRACTICOS; ASISTENCIA SOCIAL; INSTITUCIONES DE BENEFICENCIA; PROTECCION SOCIAL

Table of Contents:

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• 1. Introduction
• 2. In theory: costs and benefits of targeting
• 3. Methods for judging outcomes
• 4. In practice: program costs and outcomes
• 5. Individual assessment mechanisms
• 6. Targeting by group characteristic and geographic area
• 7. Self-targeting mechanisms
• 8. Targeting and universal services
• 9. Summary and conclusions