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Geographical targeting for poverty alleviation : methodology and applications

Title
Geographical targeting for poverty alleviation : methodology and applications / edited by David Bigman and Hippolyte Fofack.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Bigman, David.
  • Fofack, Hippolyte, 1963-
Description
xiv, 307 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm.
Series Statement
World Bank regional and sectoral studies
Uniform Title
World Bank regional and sectoral studies.
Subject
  • Poverty > Developing countries > Data processing
  • Poverty > Developing countries > Mathematical models
  • Geographic information systems > Developing countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Introduction and Overview / David Bigman and Hippolyte Fofack -- 1. Geographical Targeting: A Review of Different Methods and Approaches / David Bigman and Uwe Deichmann -- 2. Applications of a GIS in Program Impact Evaluation: Lessons from USAID Experience / Glenn Rogers -- 3. Combining Census and Survey Data to Study Spatial Dimensions of Poverty: A Case Study of Ecuador / Jesko Hentschel, Jean Olson Lanjouw and Peter Lanjouw / [et al.] -- 4. Community Targeting for Poverty Reduction in Burkina Faso / David Bigman, Stefan Dercon and Dominique Guillaume / [et al.] -- 5. Applying Household Expenditure Survey Data to Improve Poverty Targeting: The Case of Ghana / Hippolyte Fofack -- 6. Spatial Indicators of Access and Fairess for the Location of Public Facilities / David Bigman and Uwe Deichmann -- 7. Evaluation of Food Security in the Sahel: An Analysis Using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data with a Geographical Information System / Mark McGuire --
  • 8. Using a GIS to Target River Blindness Control Activities in Guatemala / Frank O. Richards -- 9. A Geographical Information System Applied to a Malaria Field Study / Allen W. Hightower, Maurice Ombok and Richard Otieno / [et al.] -- 10. A Geographical Information System as a Component of the Animal Health Information System in Thailand / Pramod Sharman and Angus Cameron -- 11. Location Criteria of Nongovernmental Organizations Providing Credit to the Poor: The Experience in Bangladesh / Manohar Sharma and Manfred Zeller.
ISBN
0821346253 (pbk.)
LCCN
00036817
OCLC
  • ocm43929845
  • SCSB-3997359
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries