poverty alleviation policies. We find inter alia that the social ranking of commodity and socio-demographic targeting in … assessment of poverty alleviation programs, with the strength of each criterion being captured through its own inequity …-aversion parameter. This contrasts with the assessment of poverty alleviation programs done with simple under-coverage and leakage ratios …

ethical content of a pre-defined class of poverty measures. The methodology is illustrated using data from Tunisia. The …This paper suggests a methodology to identify socially-desirable directions for poverty-alleviating tax reforms. The … cost-benefit ratio of increasing any commodity-tax rate is derived from the minimization of a poverty measure subject to a …

improve anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method …This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on observable … correlates and on estimation methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that …

improve anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method …This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on observable … correlates and on estimation methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that …

anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method. In …(english) This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on … estimation methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that highly improve …

improve anti-poverty targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method …This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on observable … correlates and on estimation methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ÔfocusedÕ transfer schemes that …

methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that highly improve anti-poverty … targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method. In terms of P2, the …This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on estimation …

methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that highly improve anti-poverty … targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method. In terms of P2, the …This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on estimation …

methods that focus on the poor. Using data from Tunisia, we estimate ‘focused’ transfer schemes that highly improve anti-poverty … targeting performances. Post-transfer poverty can be substantially reduced with the new estimation method. In terms of P2, the …This paper introduces a new methodology to target direct transfers against poverty. Our method is based on estimation …

This paper describes the effects of general food subsidies on poverty in Tunisia, as revealed by household survey data … that targeting by commodities is not an effective way to fight against poverty and so, it is unlikely that restructuring … range of poverty lines including all those estimated and generally used for Tunisia. …