Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction.

This paper derives a poverty-efficient allocation of aid and compares it with actual aid allocations. The allocation of aid that has the maximum effect on poverty depends on the level of poverty and the quality of policies. Using the headcount, poverty-gap, and squared poverty gap measures of povert...

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Main Authors: Collier, P, Dollar, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002