Question 1

All of the following could be reasons why transfer program participants' non-labor fails to increase by the full amount of the transfer except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants have to pay for transportation to collect benefits 
B)  Local officials requiring "kickbacks" 
C)  Participants have to pay for the eligibility testing themselves 
D)  Budget constraints lead local program implementers to distribute transfers smaller than the official size 
A)  Participants have to pay for transportation to collect benefits 
B)  Local officials requiring "kickbacks" 
C)  Participants have to pay for the eligibility testing themselves 
D)  Budget constraints lead local program implementers to distribute transfers smaller than the official size C

Question 2

What is meant by the Coady et al.(2004)study that found that 25% of transfer programs were regressive?

Accepted Answer

A)  A larger share of the program benefits went to poor rather than non -poor 
B)  The fees charged went up as the participants use more of the program 
C)  A larger share of the program benefits went to non-poor rather than the poor 
D)  The fees charged to private households for the transfer programs decreases as the program is used. 
A)  A larger share of the program benefits went to poor rather than non -poor 
B)  The fees charged went up as the participants use more of the program 
C)  A larger share of the program benefits went to non-poor rather than the poor 
D)  The fees charged to private households for the transfer programs decreases as the program is used. C

Question 3

Eligibility rules can include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Means testing 
B)  Proxy means tests 
C)  Poverty score cards 
D)  Target lifestyles 
A)  Means testing 
B)  Proxy means tests 
C)  Poverty score cards 
D)  Target lifestyles D

Question 4

Rationed food subsidies:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost the government more the smaller is the difference between the subsidized and market price 
B)  Allows households to buy limited quantities of staple foods at lower-than-market prices 
C)  Allows households to buy unlimited quantities of staple foods at lower-than-market prices 
D)  Gives baskets of food to poor households 
A)  Cost the government more the smaller is the difference between the subsidized and market price 
B)  Allows households to buy limited quantities of staple foods at lower-than-market prices 
C)  Allows households to buy unlimited quantities of staple foods at lower-than-market prices 
D)  Gives baskets of food to poor households

Question 5

How can increasing community participation in the governance of a transfer program increase a program's efficiency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allows information to be disseminated more easily about the program 
B)  The cost of enforcement increases 
C)  Local decision makers have better information about household's eligibility 
D)  Local decision makers have access to worse information than a government bureaucrat 
A)  Allows information to be disseminated more easily about the program 
B)  The cost of enforcement increases 
C)  Local decision makers have better information about household's eligibility 
D)  Local decision makers have access to worse information than a government bureaucrat

Question 6

Some programs employ proxy means tests which:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are less restrictive than a categorical restriction 
B)  Are more restrictive than means testing 
C)  Employ short questionnaires often called "poverty score cards" 
D)  Uses easy to observe characteristics such as having at least one child 
A)  Are less restrictive than a categorical restriction 
B)  Are more restrictive than means testing 
C)  Employ short questionnaires often called "poverty score cards" 
D)  Uses easy to observe characteristics such as having at least one child

Question 7

The specific objectives of individual targeted transfer programs can differ in all of the following ways except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reducing current poverty 
B)  Target level of income 
C)  Targeted behaviors 
D)  Target populations 
A)  Reducing current poverty 
B)  Target level of income 
C)  Targeted behaviors 
D)  Target populations

Question 8

Social norms and institutions guide some families or communities to provide mutual assistance.So a household that can receive a transfer may be unable to receive the private help they would normally receive.This public transfer is said to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Replace public transfers 
B)  Substitute public safety net transfers 
C)  Substitute private safety net transfers 
D)  Crowd out private transfers 
A)  Replace public transfers 
B)  Substitute public safety net transfers 
C)  Substitute private safety net transfers 
D)  Crowd out private transfers

Question 9

If F is the quantity food to which households are entitled,Ps is the subsidized price the household has to pay to obtain the good,and Pᵤ is the unsubsidized price,what is the formula for the cash value of any transfer?

Accepted Answer

A)  (Pu + Ps)*F 
B)  (Pu - Ps)*F 
C)  (Ps -Pu)*F 
D)  F + (Ps + Pu) 
A)  (Pu + Ps)*F 
B)  (Pu - Ps)*F 
C)  (Ps -Pu)*F 
D)  F + (Ps + Pu)

Question 10

Official transfer sizes are a measure of a transfer program's _______?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marginal cost 
B)  Impact on the poor 
C)  Availability 
D)  Generosity 
A)  Marginal cost 
B)  Impact on the poor 
C)  Availability 
D)  Generosity

Question 11

When a targeted transfer program is able to respond quickly to shocks is said to exhibit ________

Accepted Answer

A)  Efficiency 
B)  Flexibility in targeting 
C)  Flexibility in funding 
D)  Flexibility in few collection 
A)  Efficiency 
B)  Flexibility in targeting 
C)  Flexibility in funding 
D)  Flexibility in few collection

Question 12

Why might a conditional cash transfer (CCF)program that requires school attendance as the precondition to qualify fail to increase enrollment rates significantly?

Accepted Answer

A)  The conditions may be poorly enforced 
B)  Enrollment rates may already be high 
C)  The cash transfers pay is not able to overcome the liquidity constraints of school attendance. 
D)  All of the above are reasons why a CCF may fail to increase school enrollments 
A)  The conditions may be poorly enforced 
B)  Enrollment rates may already be high 
C)  The cash transfers pay is not able to overcome the liquidity constraints of school attendance. 
D)  All of the above are reasons why a CCF may fail to increase school enrollments

Question 13

Analysts often rely on shares of a program's budget that goes to administrative costs as a measure for the efficiency of a transfer program.However ____________ are still possible,which can __________a transfer programs efficiency.

Accepted Answer

A)  Leakages to the non-poor; decrease 
B)  Leakages to the poor; increase 
C)  Injections to the non-poor; not effect 
D)  Injections to the poor; decrease 
A)  Leakages to the non-poor; decrease 
B)  Leakages to the poor; increase 
C)  Injections to the non-poor; not effect 
D)  Injections to the poor; decrease

Question 14

Why might transfer programs fail to raise participants' non-labor income by the full amount of the transfer?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunately,participants' non-labor in

Question 15

The increase in a household's well-being resulting from participation in a targeted transfer program becomes larger (all else equal)when?

Accepted Answer

A)  The program raises the household's non-labor income by more; or when it requires to households to undertake fewer costly behaviors 
B)  The program raises the household's labor income by more; or when it requires the household to undertake more costly behaviors 
C)  The program raises the household's asset value; or simply increases their labor hours 
D)  The program lowers the threshold to qualify for the program; or includes more poor families into the program 
A)  The program raises the household's non-labor income by more; or when it requires to households to undertake fewer costly behaviors 
B)  The program raises the household's labor income by more; or when it requires the household to undertake more costly behaviors 
C)  The program raises the household's asset value; or simply increases their labor hours 
D)  The program lowers the threshold to qualify for the program; or includes more poor families into the program

Question 16

Government structure design decisions include:

Accepted Answer

A)  Decisions regarding eligibility requirements and transfer sizes 
B)  Decisions regarding individual household enrollment in the transfer program 
C)  Decisions that directly impact household 
D)  Deciding how best to exclude the most rural and thus expensive households 
A)  Decisions regarding eligibility requirements and transfer sizes 
B)  Decisions regarding individual household enrollment in the transfer program 
C)  Decisions that directly impact household 
D)  Deciding how best to exclude the most rural and thus expensive households

Question 17

Why is a food transfer unlikely to increase food consumption by the full amount of the transfer?

Accepted Answer

A)  If there is a food shortage a cash transfer may do a better job increasing consumption 
B)  The food transfers reduce leakages to the non-poor 
C)  Some of the free food can substitute for food the recipient would have purchased,and can now be used to increase spending on other goods. 
D)  All of the above are reasons why a food transfer may not increase food consumption by as much as intended 
A)  If there is a food shortage a cash transfer may do a better job increasing consumption 
B)  The food transfers reduce leakages to the non-poor 
C)  Some of the free food can substitute for food the recipient would have purchased,and can now be used to increase spending on other goods. 
D)  All of the above are reasons why a food transfer may not increase food consumption by as much as intended

Question 18

When a transfer program benefits lead to more influence in the family,__________effects are introduced.Indeed empirical studies have confirmed the presence of _______________effect where the benefits targeted to specific household member stick to those members.

Accepted Answer

A)  Inter-household; target 
B)  Intra-household; flypaper 
C)  Inter-household; flypaper 
D)  Intra-household; target 
A)  Inter-household; target 
B)  Intra-household; flypaper 
C)  Inter-household; flypaper 
D)  Intra-household; target

Question 19

The most obvious impact on a household who participates in transfer program is the increase in non-labor income,which can _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Tighten budget constraints and induce substitution effects 
B)  Relax budget constraints and induce substitution effects 
C)  Tighten budget constraints and induce income effects 
D)  Relax budget constraints and induce income effects 
A)  Tighten budget constraints and induce substitution effects 
B)  Relax budget constraints and induce substitution effects 
C)  Tighten budget constraints and induce income effects 
D)  Relax budget constraints and induce income effects

Question 20

Cash and food transfer programs may have important effects on local markets for food,but only when the programs are ________ relative to the local markets.In such cases the ___________ in price ________consumers and ___________ sellers.

Accepted Answer

A)  Small; increase; helps; hurts 
B)  Small; decrease; helps; hurts 
C)  Large; decrease; hurts; helps 
D)  Large; increase; hurts; helps 
A)  Small; increase; helps; hurts 
B)  Small; decrease; helps; hurts 
C)  Large; decrease; hurts; helps 
D)  Large; increase; hurts; helps

Exam 15: Targeted Transfer Programs

All of the following could be reasons why transfer program participants' non-labor fails to increase by the full amount of the transfer except:

What is meant by the Coady et al.(2004)study that found that 25% of transfer programs were regressive?

Eligibility rules can include all of the following except:

Rationed food subsidies:

How can increasing community participation in the governance of a transfer program increase a program's efficiency?

Some programs employ proxy means tests which:

The specific objectives of individual targeted transfer programs can differ in all of the following ways except:

Social norms and institutions guide some families or communities to provide mutual assistance.So a household that can receive a transfer may be unable to receive the private help they would normally receive.This public transfer is said to:

If F is the quantity food to which households are entitled,Ps is the subsidized price the household has to pay to obtain the good,and Pᵤ is the unsubsidized price,what is the formula for the cash value of any transfer?

Official transfer sizes are a measure of a transfer program's _______?

When a targeted transfer program is able to respond quickly to shocks is said to exhibit ________

Why might a conditional cash transfer (CCF)program that requires school attendance as the precondition to qualify fail to increase enrollment rates significantly?

Analysts often rely on shares of a program's budget that goes to administrative costs as a measure for the efficiency of a transfer program.However ____________ are still possible,which can __________a transfer programs efficiency.

Why might transfer programs fail to raise participants' non-labor income by the full amount of the transfer?

The increase in a household's well-being resulting from participation in a targeted transfer program becomes larger (all else equal)when?

Government structure design decisions include:

Why is a food transfer unlikely to increase food consumption by the full amount of the transfer?

When a transfer program benefits lead to more influence in the family,__________effects are introduced.Indeed empirical studies have confirmed the presence of _______________effect where the benefits targeted to specific household member stick to those members.

The most obvious impact on a household who participates in transfer program is the increase in non-labor income,which can _____________.

Cash and food transfer programs may have important effects on local markets for food,but only when the programs are ________ relative to the local markets.In such cases the ___________ in price ________consumers and ___________ sellers.

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Analysts often rely on shares of a program's budget that goes to administrative costs as a measure for the efficiency of a transfer program.However __ are still possible,which can a transfer programs efficiency.

When a transfer program benefits lead to more influence in the family,effects are introduced.Indeed empirical studies have confirmed the presence of _____effect where the benefits targeted to specific household member stick to those members.

Cash and food transfer programs may have important effects on local markets for food,but only when the programs are __ relative to the local markets.In such cases the _ in price consumers and _______ sellers.