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

Barrientos Armando () and Juan Villa
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Barrientos Armando: University of Manchester, Brooks World Poverty Institute, Manchester, UK

Journal of Globalization and Development, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 147-179

Abstract: Two broad explanations can be offered for the incidence of impact evaluations in antipoverty transfer programmes in developing countries. The first, and arguably dominant, explanation suggests this is a consequence of a shift towards evidence-based development policy. A second explanation emphasises the complementary role of policy competition and political factors in motivating evaluations. The paper assesses the relevance of the latter in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa through (i) a comparison of evaluation practice and (ii) the analysis of a new database of flagship antipoverty transfer programmes.

Keywords: antipoverty transfers; impact evaluation; Latin America; poverty; sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H43 I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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