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Targeting Transfers to the Poor: the Case of Food Subsidies

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  • Balisacan, Arsenio M.

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Provision of safety nets for the poor is a popular call in development policies especially in light of the government’s pursuit of structural and macroeconomic adjustments. A simple exercise in this article shows that even when the only information employed in identifying potential beneficiaries is the area of residence, an area-differentiated income transfer program amounting to P2 billion is capable of achieving the same poverty reduction as a universal program. Increases in food prices are also found to be inimical to poor households.

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  • Balisacan, Arsenio M., 1994. "Targeting Transfers to the Poor: the Case of Food Subsidies," Philippine Journal of Development JPD 1994 Vol. XXI Nos. 1&, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:phd:pjdevt:jpd_1994_vol__xxi_nos__1&2-f
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