Indraneel Dasgupta|Ravi Kanbur
Community and anti-poverty targeting
University of Nottingham|Cornell University
standard theory antipoverty targeting assumes individual incomes cannot observed statistical properties income distribution broadly defined groups known indicator targeting rules derived forms transfers conditioned group membership individuals literature motivating notion group purely statistical even groups localities ethnicities focus instead groups communities meaning thereby collections individuals access communityspecific public goods nonmembers excluded differential access constitutes source inequality among poor individuals belonging different communities captured monetary earnings show formulation constitutes group changes many basic results indicator targeting literature optimal targeting poverty alleviation leads seemingly paradoxical rules targeting transfers community richer total wealth nonpoor members community distribution become relevant specifying optimal indicator targeting rules addition poverty measure sensitive community identities poor individuals yet defined nominal incomes may incompatible basic axioms standard literature poverty measurement