Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options (English)

This paper investigates reasons of Georgian targeted social assistance (TSA)’s declining performance and presents a new proxy means test (PMT) model estimated on the most recent household income and expenditure survey data (2018). The paper finds that the presented updated formula performs better in terms of its ranking property, coverage of the poor, and benefit incidence among the poor. The updated PMT formula will improve the coverage of the poorest...

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Honorati,Maddalena;

Sormani,Roberto Claudio;

Carraro,Ludovico;
Document Date
2020/07/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
151694
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Caucasus,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2020/08/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
Keywords
proxy means tests for targeting social programs

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Honorati,Maddalena; Sormani,Roberto Claudio; Carraro,Ludovico.

Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options (English). Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper|no. 2005 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663231597209859792

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