ATOR 2018: CHAPTER 10 Targeting Social Safety Nets Using Proxy Means Tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Program

AUTHOR

Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Naureen Karachiwalla

SERIES NAME

ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report

YEAR

2018

ABSTRACT

Chapter 10 uses Egypt as a case study to examine the effectiveness of proxy means test (PMT) targeting. Targeting effectiveness is defined in terms of the ability of the program to enroll beneficiaries from the lowest two quintiles of the expenditure distribution. The authors also consider the social costs of implementing PMT in a context where administrative capacity to explain the targeting mechanism to the public is imperfect.

PUBLISHER

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, USA