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Is targeting deprived areas an effective means to reach poor people? An assessment of one rationale for area-based funding programmes

Tunstall, Rebecca and Lupton, Ruth (2003) Is targeting deprived areas an effective means to reach poor people? An assessment of one rationale for area-based funding programmes. CASEpaper (70). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.

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Abstract

Area-based programmes have long been a feature of urban policy in the UK. One rationale is that they are an effective means to target poor people. Area deprivation indices are used to identify areas for targeting. This paper reviews the different results produced by these indices. It then examines the effectiveness of the current Index of Multiple Deprivation in targeting the poor, demonstrating that area targeting using the IMD 2000 is a more complete way of reaching the poor than has been claimed by opponents of area-based targeting in the past. However, it is more effective in reaching some sub-groups, particularly children, than others, and is also relatively inefficient. There is a trade off between efficiency and completeness. The use of area targeting should depend on the type of intervention, the costs and benefits of producing complex targeting mechanisms, and the particular balance between completeness and efficiency in each case.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case
Additional Information: © 2003 Rebecca Tunstall and Ruth Lupton
Divisions: Social Policy
LSE Housing & Communities
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare and Poverty > I30 - General
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R0 - General > R00 - General
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2008 08:30
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 22:56
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6359

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