Elite capture, the 'follow-up checks' policy, and the targeted poverty alleviation program: Evidence from rural western China

CHENG Xiao-yu; WANG Jian-ying; Kevin Z. CHEN

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Elite capture, the 'follow-up checks' policy, and the targeted poverty alleviation program: Evidence from rural western China

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Decentralized methods for targeting poverty are widely adopted in developing countries to improve the performance of various poverty alleviation programs.A common challenge for implementing successful decentralized targeting is the existence of elite capture.China has recently implemented a nationwide decentralized poverty targeting program,the targeted poverty alleviation(TPA)policy,to achieve the national goal of eliminating absolute poverty by the end of 2020.As the largest decentralized poverty targeting program in the world,TPA's successful implementation was believed to be threatened by elite capture in some earlier reports.Since 2015,a targeting correction mechanism,called"follow-up checks"policy,has been introduced.With the"follow-up checks"policy,the elites and other ineligible households who receive benefits under TPA were removed from the program.This paper investigates the elite capture phenomenon in TPA using village census data from a poverty-stricken county in 2017-two years after implementing the"follow-up checks"policy.We find no evidence of elite capture in TPA.The elites are unlikely to become beneficiaries or receive more benefits than non-elites.Our results contradict earlier findings that reported elite capture in TPA.We argue that the reason is the accountability emphasized by the central government in the"follow-up checks"policy.Our findings imply that having proper accountability is critical for improving targeting performance by global antipoverty initiatives.

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《农业科学学报（英文版）》 |2021年第4期|880-890|共11页
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CHENG Xiao-yu; WANG Jian-ying; Kevin Z. CHEN;
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Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100081 P.R.China;

School of Economics Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics Hangzhou 310018 P.R.China;

China Academy for Rural Development Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 P.R.China;

China Academy for Rural Development Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 P.R.China;

International Food Policy Research Institute Washington D.C. 20005 USA;

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Elite capture, the 'follow-up checks' policy, and the targeted poverty alleviation program: Evidence from rural western China

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