The Political Economy of Targeting

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Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (2013, unknown): “Indeed, since the seminal works of Sen (1976, 1985, 1992, 1995), well-being and poverty are now seen as multidimensional phenomena, depending not only on income but also on several other dimensions such as health, education and empowerment.”
Equity and Development (2006, background): “See Sen (1990).”
Water, Electricity, and the Poor : Who Benefits from Utility Subsidies? (2005, background): “Four generic costs are often cited (Sen 1995; Subbarao and others 1997).”
For Reducing Poverty Faster: Target Reasons Before People (2007, background): “Because targeting in both its name and form treats beneficiaries as passive objects rather than active participants and shapers of the development processes (Sen, 1995), poor people can quite often be stigmatized as a result of targeting criteria.”
The targeting effectiveness of social transfers (2017, background): “Finally, it is important not to overlook the politics of targeting (Sen 1995).”
Targeting and universalism in poverty reduction (2007, background): “The much bemoaned paternalistic and clientelistic practices of bureaucracies in developing countries would be compounded in situations where local administrators wield power over matters of life and death, and where “minor potentates can enjoy great authority over the supplicant applicants” (Sen 199”