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World DevelopmentVolume 54, February 2014, Pages 360-373

Preferences for Community-based Targeting - Field Experimental Evidence from Zambia(Article)

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  • Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Augustin, Bonn, Germany

Abstract

Community-based targeting is frequently used in low-income countries to identify the poor. Yet evidence about its performance is inconclusive and factors of success are understudied. Drawing on controlled field experiments, this paper studies how individual targeting preferences translate into group outcomes and which determinants of progressiveness prevail in rural Zambia. It finds that individuals pursue poverty motives but act selfishly if not restrained. Egalitarianism and favoritism are not as pronounced as critics suggest. Even if individual and group allocations vary considerably, this does not result in individuals' dissatisfaction. Better access to information and greater trust make targeting outcomes more progressive. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

Author keywords

AfricaCash transfersCommunity-based targetingField experimentTargeting preferencesZambia

Indexed keywords

GEOBASE Subject Index:developing worlddevelopment projectperformance assessmentpoverty alleviationlow income populationpoverty determinantpreference behaviorrural areasocioeconomic indicator
Regional Index:ZambiaZambia
  • ISSN: 0305750X
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.004
  • Document Type: Article

  Schüring, E.; Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
© Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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