Data and Code for: Urban Networks and Targeting: Evidence from Liberia

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Lori Beaman, Northwestern University; Niall Keleher, Research Improving People's Lives; Jeremy Magruder, University of California-Berkeley; Carly Trachtman, University of California-Berkeley

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Project Citation: 

Beaman, Lori, Keleher, Niall, Magruder, Jeremy, and Trachtman, Carly. Data and Code for: Urban Networks and Targeting: Evidence from Liberia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E138962V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary To solicit information from a social network in urban Monrovia, Liberia, we ask community members to assess their neighbors’ poverty and to assist in targeting a cash transfer.  We find little evidence that local leaders, randomly selected neighbors, or neighbors nominated by fellow community members can accurately assess whether others in their community are among the poorest. Yet, all three groups target transfers to the poor modestly better than would be attributable to chance, but worse than PMT-based targeting.  We conclude that community advice provides some information for targeting, but there are significant information frictions in networks in Monrovia.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; International Growth Centre; Innovations for Poverty Action

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Field Experiment; Household Survey; Targeting
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D04 Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
      O10 Economic Development: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Monrovia, Liberia
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2/15/2018 – 9/30/2018
Universe:  View help for Universe Urban households in thirteen urban communities of Monrovia, Liberia
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) experimental data; survey data


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