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Island Biogeography and Evolution: Solving a Phylogenetic Puzzle
populations on that island might have some genetic differences. Also, he wondered if Tenerife was supplying colonizing lizards from two different directions. The results for Thorpe’s tests appear on the last two pages of this investigation. Return to top Your task is to count the dif...
 Debating Targeting Methods for Cash Transfers: A Multidimensional Index vs. an Income Prox...
Targeting Performance by Target Group 0 10 20 30 40 50 In de x 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 alpha Extreme Poverty 0 10 20 30 40 50 In de x 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 alpha ICV40 ICV25 Proxy Means ICV - Proxy Means Poverty Note: alpha = under-coverage weight. Source: Own calculat...
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Targeting Performance by Target Group 0 10 20 30 40 50 In de x 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 alpha Extreme Poverty 0 10 20 30 40 50 In de x 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 alpha ICV40 ICV25 Proxy Means ICV - Proxy Means Poverty Note: alpha = under-coverage weight. Source: Own calculations based on EPH 2005. 7 CONCLUSION Tekoporã, Paraguay’s CCT programme, is currently being scaled up and its targeting mechanism re-evaluated. However, the simulations presented in this Evaluation Note suggest that changing
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=1
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=1
Changing <span class="highlight">from</span> the Quality of Life Index to a <span class="highlight">proxy</span>- means test for income is not likely to imply any gains in either efficiency or efficacy." Debating Targeting Methods for Cash Transfers: A Multidimensional Index vs. an Income <span class="highlight">Proxy</span> for Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme Rafael Perez Ribas Guilherme Issamu Hirata Fábio Veras Soares International Poverty Centre IPCevaluationnote International Poverty Centre Family in Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Paraguay. Photo by Fábio Veras Soares (IPC). Number 2 January, 2008
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www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=5
the threshold of ICV to 40. This multidimensional framework was inspired by the Colombian experience with targeting social policies and was proposed by the consultants responsible for designing the best way for the Paraguay programme to distinguish poor households <span class="highlight">from</span> non-poor households. The choice of the ICV was motivated, in part, by the assumption that the income information available in household surveys—upon which a <span class="highlight">proxy</span>-means test would be <span class="highlight">based</span>—does not adequately capture the permanent income
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www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=11
there is no difference among the three targeting mechanisms in relation to the leakage rate since all curves overlap. FIGURE 2 Leakage as a Function of Coverage by Targeting Mechanism IC V 40 IC V 25 P M IC V -P M 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 Le ak ag e 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 Coverage Extreme Poverty IC V 40 IC V 25 P M IC V -P M 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 Le ak ag e 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 Coverage ICV <span class="highlight">Proxy</span> Means ICV - <span class="highlight">Proxy</span> Means Poverty Note: bandwidth = 0.2. Souce: Own calculations <span class="highlight">based</span>
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www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=13
Targeting Performance by Target Group 0 10 20 30 40 50 In de x 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 alpha Extreme Poverty 0 10 20 30 40 50 In de x 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 alpha ICV40 ICV25 <span class="highlight">Proxy</span> Means ICV - <span class="highlight">Proxy</span> Means Poverty Note: alpha = under-coverage weight. Source: Own calculations <span class="highlight">based</span> on EPH 2005. 7 CONCLUSION Tekoporã, Paraguay’s CCT programme, is currently being scaled up and its targeting mechanism re-evaluated. However, the simulations presented in this Evaluation Note suggest that changing
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=15
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCEvaluationNote2.pdf#page=15
actually not poor. This is why the <span class="highlight">proxy</span> means curve (the figure on the left) does not start <span class="highlight">from</span> the origin. 7. We do not consider administrative costs in these statistics. These estimates are <span class="highlight">based</span> on the value of the transfers that should go to each target group. However, the different targeting options would imply similar administrative costs.
Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction ...
creation. Asset-based reserve requirements differ from other instruments, such as prescribed assets, w hich are sometimes used for the allocation of financial resources. A prescribed asset policy represents a type of financial quota. Under such policies, a certain fraction of a bank&r...
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creation. Asset-based reserve requirements differ from other instruments, such as prescribed assets, w hich are sometimes used for the allocation of financial resources. A prescribed asset policy represents a type of financial quota. Under such policies, a certain fraction of a bank’s
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www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCCountryStudy2.pdf#page=32
creation. Asset-<span class="highlight">based</span> reserve requirements differ <span class="highlight">from</span> other instruments, such as prescribed assets, w hich are sometimes used for the allocation of financial resources. A prescribed asset policy represents a type of financial quota. Under such policies, a certain fraction of a bank’s
NYTimes People: Guare, John
published in The New York Times. ARTICLES Newest First | Oldest First Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next >> ‘Are You There, McPhee?’ by John Guare, at Berlind Theater By CHARLES ISHERWOOD “Are You There, McPhee?,” the new John Guare play, is a di...
NYTimes People: Lonergan, Kenneth
and Signature Theater Team Up for New Program for Drama Students Beginning next fall the Juilliard School and the Signature Theater company will collaborate on a new program for Juilliard's drama students, to be based at the new rehearsal and performance space being built for ...
NYTimes People: Houghton, James
including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. ARTICLES ABOUT JAMES HOUGHTON Newest First | Oldest First Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | Next >> Signature Theater Opens New Home in a Frank Gehry Building By PATRICK HEALY Signature Theater Company’s new...
NYTimes People: Fugard, Athol
commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Above, Mr. Fugard in 1998. ARTICLES Newest First | Oldest First Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next >> In Tortured Empathy, a Ghost Hovers By CHARLES ISHERWOOD “The Train Driver,” written and ...
NYTimes People: Greif, Michael
The two parts of ''Angels in America,'' titled ''Millennium Approaches'' and ''Perestroika,'' will alternate in repertory from the start of performances and will be directed by Michael Greif, above righ... January 16, 2010, Saturday MORE ON MICHAEL GREIF AND: PRICES (FARES, FEES AND...
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: algebra
congruence modularity, for which there exist analogous syntactic characterizations of varieties of algebras with these properties. A more recently developed power tool for this area is McKenzie's notion of tame congruences, facilitating the study of the structure of finite algebras. Within the alge...
Cornell Law: Categorizing
categories classify entries as any or all of definitions, overviews, or backgrounders. All Wex documents should be assigned to one of the above categories (or, in the case of documents about Wex, the authoring help category). Subject-based categories classify entries into topical groups (see...
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