Targeting the poor

Many people believe that social protection generally involves rich countries aiding those that are poor. Aid is important, particularly for extremely poor countries. Bad shocks can quickly devolve into humanitarian disasters and promote conflict in fragile states, as seen with the current famine in...

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Main Author: Olken, Benjamin
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Monetary Fund 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123085
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description Many people believe that social protection generally involves rich countries aiding those that are poor. Aid is important, particularly for extremely poor countries. Bad shocks can quickly devolve into humanitarian disasters and promote conflict in fragile states, as seen with the current famine in South Sudan, the incipient famine and cholera in Yemen, and the recent Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1230852022-10-01T21:32:01Z Targeting the poor Targeting the Poor: Developing economies face special challenges in delivering social protection Olken, Benjamin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Many people believe that social protection generally involves rich countries aiding those that are poor. Aid is important, particularly for extremely poor countries. Bad shocks can quickly devolve into humanitarian disasters and promote conflict in fragile states, as seen with the current famine in South Sudan, the incipient famine and cholera in Yemen, and the recent Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. 2019-11-25T19:52:40Z 2019-11-25T19:52:40Z 2018-12 2019-11-13T19:12:45Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0015-1947 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123085 Hanna, Rema et al. "Targeting the Poor: Developing economies face special challenges in delivering social protection." Finance and Development 55, 4 (December 2018): 28-31 en https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2018/12/developing-economies-and-social-protection-hanna.htm Finance and Development Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf International Monetary Fund Prof. Olsen via Nick Albaugh
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