Geographical Targeting for Poverty Alleviation: An Introduction to the Special Issue
介绍特刊，探讨在公共资源缩减背景下，通过地理瞄准提高扶贫效率、减少漏出，并评估其优缺点及GIS在贫困地图绘制中的应用。
In the face of rising public deficits and shrinking public resources, geographical targeting may be a viable way to allocate resources for poverty alleviation in developing countries. Efficiency can be increased and leakage to the nonpoor reduced substantially by targeting increasingly smaller areas. This article, and more generally the symposium on geographical targeting for poverty alleviation, proposes several techniques for augmenting data to produce more detailed poverty maps. It focuses on practical considerations in the design of geographically targeted poverty alleviation programs. In particular, it assesses the advantages and disadvantages of geographical targeting and describes how geographic information systems can be applied to improve poverty mapping.