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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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2020/07/01
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151694
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1
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2020/08/12
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Disclosed
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Assessing the Targeting System in Georgia : Proposed Reform Options
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proxy means tests for targeting social programs