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Selecting a targeting method to identify BPL households in India
- Abstract:
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This paper proposes how to select a methodology to target multidimensionally poor households, and how to update that targeting exercise periodically. We present this methodology in the context of discussions regarding the selection of a targeting methodology in India. In 1992, 1997, and 2002 the Indian government identified households that are Below the Poverty Line (BPL) and in updating the 2002 methodology, alternative methods have been proposed and vigorously debated. A fourth BPL metho...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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Department for International Development
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Economic and Social Research Council
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Robertson Foundation
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UNICEF
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Praus
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Publisher's website
- Series:
- OPHI working paper
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- ISSN:
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2040-8188
- Paper number:
- 53
- ISBN:
- 9781907194399
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
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- Local pid:
- ora:9465
- Deposit date:
- 2014-12-02
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- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
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