Cost-effective safety nets: What are the costs of reaching the poor?

IFPRI, WFP

Published in : 2003

Available in : English

Which social safety-net progammes reach poor households? How cost efficient are they? This research shows that public works programmes have great potential for targeting poor households. However there is a great variability in their performance. Human capital subsidies provide a promising approach for addressing poverty and have been shown to have a substantial impact on nutrition, health, and education outcomes.

Reproduced with permission from the International Food Policy Research Institute (www.ifpri.org) and the World Food Programme (www.wfp.org).

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Spanish (PDF, 130.17Kb)

Originally posted at : IFPRI - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Interventions, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Programmes

Resource types : Reports