Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5060141 Economics Letters 2011 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Many social programs have limited outreach among the very poor. ► Recently developed nonparametric tests can detect this pattern of program participation. ► Applied to data from a microcredit program in India, the tests reveal the relative neglect of very poor households.
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The application of nonparametric tests to poverty targeting
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