Proxy-means tests (PMTs) are popular for poverty-targeting with imperfect information. In a
widely-used version, a regression for log consumption calibrates a PMT score based on …

Palestinian refugees' experience of protracted displacement is among the lengthiest in
history. In her breathtaking new book, Ilana Feldman explores this community's engagement …

This paper proposes how to select a methodology to target multidimensionally poor
households, and how to update that targeting exercise periodically. We present this …

Identifying and selecting poor households with efficient targeting methods is essential for
effective poverty alleviation programs. This paper assesses the ex-post performance of two …

Abstract The Simple Poverty Scorecard-brand poverty-assessment tool uses ten low-cost
indicators from India's 2011/12 Socio-Economic Survey to estimate the likelihood that a …

Abstract The Simple Poverty Scorecard®-brand poverty-assessment tool for Ghana uses ten
low-cost indicators from the 2012/13 Living Standards Survey to estimate the likelihood that …

Abstract The Simple Poverty Scorecard-brand poverty-assessment tool uses 10 low-cost
indicators from Pakistan's 2005/6 Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey to …

Abstract The Simple Poverty Scorecard®-brand poverty-assessment tool uses ten low-cost
indicators from the Philippines' 2009 Family Income and Expenditure Survey/Labor Force …

Abstract The Simple Poverty Scorecard-brand poverty-assessment tool uses 10 low-cost
indicators from Vietnam's 2006 Household Living Standards Survey to estimate the …

This study uses the Philippines' 2004 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey to construct an easy-
to-use scorecard that estimates the likelihood that a household has income below a given …