Paper
Multidimensional Targeting and Evaluation: A General Framework with an Application to a Poverty Program in Bangladesh
A new way to examine heterogeneity of program impacts
39 pages
In their recent paper, “Multidimensional Targeting and Evaluation: A General Framework with an Application to a Poverty Program in Bangladesh,” Stephen C. Smith and Virginia Robano introduce a ‘counterfactual targeting’ framework and apply it to BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra-poor Program in Bangladesh. The framework measures how treatment effects vary with changing eligibility criteria and offers a means to examine heterogeneity in program outcomes.
