To count India’s cashless, and the without-cash, need is to reverse how we identify poverty

Summary
Gautam Patel, J-PAL South Asia Senior Policy Manager proposes some reverse thinking to identify India's poorest: asking them to identify themselves and apply for benefits. Citing evidence from a randomized evaluation in Indonesia, this opinion piece in the Hindustan Times proposes India test a potentially more efficient method of distributing public benefits.
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The Hindustan Times
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To count India’s cashless, and the without-cash, need is to reverse how we identify poverty
J-PAL office(s)
J-PAL South Asia
Sector(s)
Political Economy and Governance
Related evaluation(s)
Improving Targeting of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Related people
Gautam Patel
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Region(s)
South Asia