Targeted Transfers in Poor Countries : Revisiting Trade-Offs and Policy Options

Social safety nets are often seen as short-term palliatives or, worse, wastes of scarce money in developing economies. Critics point to leakages of benefits to non-targeted groups (i.e., the non-poor) or the policies' potential adverse effects...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitehead, Tim
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11815