Reaching the Poor with Poverty Projects: What is the Evidence on Social Returns?
Many governments attempt to channel resources directly to the poor through projects with an explicit poverty focus. These 'poverty projects' have often run into serious problems sometimes missing large numbers of the poor or finding that their benefits leak to those who are better off.
Drawing on the results of detailed country studies across Asia this paper surveys the evidence on the problems these projects have faced. It concludes that while such projects are an important component of an anti-poverty strategy there are important lessons to learn from this experience.
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