Targeting the poor
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Olken, Benjamin
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Targeting the Poor: Developing economies face special challenges in delivering social protection
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Many people believe that social protection generally involves rich countries aiding those that are poor. Aid is important, particularly for extremely poor countries. Bad shocks can quickly devolve into humanitarian disasters and promote conflict in fragile states, as seen with the current famine in South Sudan, the incipient famine and cholera in Yemen, and the recent Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Date issued
2018-12Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of EconomicsJournal
Finance and Development
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Citation
Hanna, Rema et al. "Targeting the Poor: Developing economies face special challenges in delivering social protection." Finance and Development 55, 4 (December 2018): 28-31
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ISSN
0015-1947