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The ultimate goal of rural development policies is to raise the living standards of individuals. Their success in this regard is a function of their design and implementation, issues discussed in the Introduction to this volume. But the technical aspects of policy intervention are not the sole determinants of success. The vast majority of individuals in developing countries reside in multi-member households and the efficacy of policies targeted towards individuals will partly depend on how the household, acting as an intermediary between policies and individuals, (re)allocates resources in response to it.
1. We would like to thank, without implicating in the final product, Paul Collier, Angus Deaton and Duncan Thomas for their comments on this work and Daniel Driscoll for programming assistance. We would also like to thank the Women in Development Division, the World Bank, who funded this study, but stress that we are responsible for the views expressed here and any errors that remain.
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Haddad, L., Hoddinott, J. (1994). Household Resource Allocation in the Côte d’Ivoire: Inferences from Expenditure Data. In: Lloyd, T., Morrissey, O. (eds) Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development. Case-Studies in Economic Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23446-2_4
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