Evaluating Antipoverty Transfer Programmes in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa: Better Policies? Better Politics?

Armando Barrientos and Juan Villa

No wp-2013-009, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The paper provides a comparative analysis of the incidence of evaluation methods in antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. The paper identifies two broad explanations for the incidence of evaluation in antipoverty transfer programmes in developing countries, one emphasizing the advantages of a shift towards evidence-based development policy, and a second explanation emphasizing political factors.

Keywords: Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic development projects; Poverty measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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