To target or not to target? The costs, benefits, and impacts of indicator-based targeting

Nazaire Houssou and Manfred Zeller

Food Policy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 5, 627-637

Abstract: This paper assesses the cost-effectiveness of indicator-based targeting. Using household survey data from Malawi, we examine whether an indicator-based system is more target and cost-efficient in reaching the poor than universal systems and the currently used mechanisms for targeting agricultural subsidies in the country.

Keywords: Malawi; Poverty targeting; Development policy; Redistribution; Cost-effectiveness; Agricultural subsidy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.05.006

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