Geographic targeting is a viable way for resource allocation

Resource allocation

Resource allocation is used to assign the available resources in an economic way. It is part of resource management. In project management, resource allocation is the scheduling of activities and the resources required by those activities while taking into consideration both the resource...

, especially to alleviate poverty in a country. In this context, public expenditure and policy interventions can be deployed to reach the neediest people in the poorest areas.

Geographical targeting for poverty alleviation employs a variety of techniques, such as database, and geographic information systems to construct poverty map

Poverty map

Poverty map is very powerful tool of targeting mechanisms. It provides a detailed description of the spatial distribution of poverty and inequality within a country. It combines individual and household survey data and population census data with the objective of estimating welfare indicators for...

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