Can Proxy Means Testing Improve the Targeting Performance of Social Safety Nets in Bangladesh?
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- Md. Masud‐All‐Kamal & Choyon Kumar Saha, 2014. "Targeting Social Policy and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Social Safety Nets in Bangladesh," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(2), pages 195-211, June.
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Targeting; Proxy Means Test; Safety Nets; Bangladesh;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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