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This book includes case studies of 30 social programs from 11 Latin American countries and provides valuable lessons about targeting a range of social programs. These services include the delivery of school lunches, food stamps, day care, student aid, cash payments, unemployment assistance, housing mortgages, and food commodities and subsidies. Information is provided on the administration costs, requirements, and options for targeting social services. Case by case, the book shows how the different programs managed to balance service improvements against the expense of targeting to make them cost-effective. It also describes the most common targeting methods and identifies which programmes used them and why.

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title:Administering Targeted Social Programs in Latin America : From Platitudes to Practice World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies
author:Grosh, Margaret E.
publisher:World Bank
isbn10 | asin:0821326201
print isbn13:9780821326206
ebook isbn13:9780585264349
language:English
subjectHuman services--Latin America, Latin America--Social policy.
publication date:1994
lcc:HV110.5.G76 1994eb
ddc:353.5
subject:Human services--Latin America, Latin America--Social policy.
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Administering Targeted Social Programs in Latin America
From Platitudes to Practice
Margaret E. Grosh
The World Bank
Washington, D.C.
Page iv
1994 The International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development / The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
First printing January 1994
The World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies series provides an outlet for work that is relatively limited in its subject matter or geographical coverage but that contributes to the intellectual foundations of development operations and policy formulation.
The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to the members of its Board of Executive Directors or the countries they represent.
The material in this publication is copyrighted. Requests for permission to reproduce portions of it should be sent to the Office of the Publisher at the address shown in the copyright notice above. The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and will normally give permission promptly and, when the reproduction is for noncommercial purposes, without asking a fee. Permission to copy portions for classroom use is granted through the Copyright Clearance Center, Suite 910, 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers, MA 01923, U.S.A.
The complete backlist of publications from the World Bank is shown in the annual Index of Publications, which contains an alphabetical title list and indexes of subjects, authors, and countries and regions. The latest edition is available free of charge from Distribution Unit, Office of the Publisher, The World Bank, 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A., or from Publications, The World Bank, 66, avenue d'Ina, 75116 Paris, France.
Margaret E. Grosh is an economist with the Poverty and Human Resources Division of the Policy Research Department at the World Bank.
Cover design by Sam Ferro
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Grosh, Margaret E.
Administering targeted social programs in Latin America : from
platitudes to practice / Margaret E. Grosh.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-2620-1
1. Human servicesLatin America. 2. Latin AmericaSocial
policy. 1. Title.
HV11O.5.G76 1994
361'.0068dc20 93-40676
CIP
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Chapter 1
Introduction
1
Chapter 2
In Theory: Costs and Benefits of Targeting
7
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What Is Targeting?
7
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Benefits of Targeting
7
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Costs of Targeting
8
Chapter 3
Methods for Judging Outcomes
15
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Issues in Measuring Targeting Accuracy
15
Picture 6
Issues in Quantifying Administrative Costs
26
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Methods Used in This Study
29
Chapter 4
In Practice: Program Costs and Outcomes
33
Picture 8
An Administrative Taxonomy of Targeting Mechanisms
33
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Targeting Outcomes
35
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Administrative Costs
44
Picture 11
Linking Administrative Costs and Incidence
47
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