The Percolation of public expenditure: Food subsidies and the Poor in India and the Philippines

Shikha Jha (sjha@adb.org) and Bharat Ramaswami
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Shikha Jha: Asian Development Bank

Discussion Papers from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

Abstract: This paper measures the percolation of food subsidy expenditures to th e poor. The paper proposes a metric that takes into account the depth and width of income transfer. The metric is applied to food subsidy expenditures in India and Philippines. Both countries operate in-kind transfer schemes. The major findings is that neither country scores well on the percolation index...

Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2011-09
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Related works:
Working Paper: The Percolation of Public Expenditure: Food Subsidies and the Poor in India and Philippines (2015)
Journal Article: The Percolation of Public Expenditure: Food Subsidies and the Poor in India and the Philippines (2012)
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