Multi-Tier Targeting of Social Assistance : The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers

Albania provides a small amount of social assistance to nearly 20 percent of its population through a system that allows some community discretion in determining distribution. This study investigates how well this social assistance program is targeted to the poor. Relative to other safety net programs in low-income countries, social assistance in Albania is fairly well targeted. Nevertheless, the system is hampered by the absence of a clear, objective criterion to determine the size of the grants from the central government to communes as well as limited information that could be used to implement this criterion. Substantial gains in targeting could be achieved if the central government better allocated transfers to local governments, even holding local targeting at base levels.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Alderman, Harold
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2001-01
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, BENEFICIARIES, BLOCK GRANTS, BUDGET CONSTRAINT, BUDGETING, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CASH TRANSFERS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES, CHECKS, CITIES, COMMUNES, COMMUNITIES, CONSUMER DURABLES, CONSUMER SUBSIDIES, COUNTERFACTUAL, DECENTRALIZATION, DERIVATIVE, DERIVATIVES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES, DISTRICTS, DURABLE, DURABLE GOODS, DWELLING, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, EXPENDITURE, EXTERNALITIES, FACE VALUE, FAMILY SAFETY NETS, FEMALE, FEMALES, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FISCAL FEDERALISM, FLOW OF INFORMATION, FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS, FOOD SUBSIDIES, FRAUD, HOLDING, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, INSTRUMENT, INSURANCE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, LABOR MARKET, LAND HOLDINGS, LAND OWNERSHIP, LANDHOLDINGS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL COUNCILS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MIGRATION, MOBILITY, OLD-AGE PENSION, PENSION, PENSIONS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY RANKINGS, POVERTY RATES, PRICE SUBSIDIES, PRIVATE TRANSFERS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC WORKS, REFERENDUM, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL FAMILIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SAFETY, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, STATE ENTERPRISES, TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS, TARGETED TRANSFERS, TARGETING, TAX, TAXATION, TRANSITION ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, VILLAGES, WAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736885/multi-tier-targeting-social-assistance-role-intergovernmental-transfers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17214
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