Measuring Benefits, Tracing Distributional Effects, and Affecting Distributional Outcomes

Elio Londero ()

Public Economics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper shows the differences between how benefits are estimated and how they are distributed, calls attention to the policy variables that are crucial in explaining certain distributional outcomes, explores the importance of looking at the demand for characteristics when trying to benefit the poor, and suggests areas for research.

Keywords: cost-benefit; poverty; distribution; distributional effects; project; project analysis; project appraisal; project evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 D7 H (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2004-07-21
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lam, nep-mic and nep-pbe
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