Haddad, Lawrence James; Adato, Michelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
This paper uses project and household data to examine the ability of 100 or so public works projects in Western Cape … Province, South Africa, to target benefits—both direct and indirect—to those living below the poverty line. We find that public … works projects generally outperform hypothetical untargeted cash transfers in this regard under a wide range of assumptions …