Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2013
Country:
India
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Alkire, S., Seth, S.

Abstract

This paper proposes how to select a methodology to target multidimensionally poor households, and how to update that targeting exercise periodically. The emphasis is to illustrate how a particular targeting method can be justified, rather than to advocate any particular solution.

Citation

Alkire, S.; Seth, S. Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India. Social Indicators Research (2013) 112 (2) 417-446. [DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0254-6]

Selecting a Targeting Method to Identify BPL Households in India.

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