Weighing what's practical: proxy means tests for targeting food subsidies in Egypt

By Akhter U. Ahmed, H. Bouis. 2002

169 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. L. Haddad
2. Margaret E. Grosh
3. C. Ninno
4. E. Tesliuc
5. Akhter U. Ahmed
6. A. Ouerghi

In Nutrition and Dietetics

1. L. Haddad
2. C. Ninno
3. Akhter U. Ahmed

In Sociology and Political Science

1. L. Haddad
2. Margaret E. Grosh
3. C. Ninno
4. E. Tesliuc
5. Akhter U. Ahmed
6. A. Ouerghi
7. Christopher B. Barrett
8. A. Krishna

Citations in the corpus

• For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets (2008, background): “…million ration card holders or 48 million benefi ciaries or about 86% of the population; 1997: about 9.9 million card holders Sources Adams (2000); Ahmed and Bouis (2002); Alderman (1988a, 2002b); World Bank (1999b, 2005c) India: public distribution system Description The system is managed by…”
• Chronic and Transitory Poverty: Evidence from Egypt, 1997–99 (2002, background): “Future efforts at reducing leakage to the nonpoor will require administrative targeting via some proxy means test (see Ahmed and Bouis 2002).”