@article{Karlan:160253,
      recid = {160253},
      author = {Karlan, Dean S. and Thuysbaert, Bram},
      title = {Targeting Ultra-poor Households in Honduras and Peru},
      address = {2013-09},
      number = {1858-2016-152750},
      series = {Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper},
      pages = {39},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {For policy purposes, it is important to understand the  relative efficacy of various methods to target the poor.  Recently, participatory methods have received particular  attention. We examine the effectiveness of a hybrid  two-step process that combines a participatory wealth  ranking and a verification household survey, relative to  two proxy means tests (the Progress out of Poverty Index  and a housing index), in Honduras and Peru. The methods we  examine perform similarly to one another by various  metrics. They all target most accurately in the cases of  the poorest and the wealthiest households but perform with  mixed results among households in the middle of the  distribution. Ultimately, given similar performance, the  analysis suggests that costs should be the driving  consideration in choosing across methods.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160253},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.160253},
}