Operational poverty targeting by proxy means tests [Elektronische Ressource] : models and policy simulations for Malawi / presented by Nazaire S. I. Houssou

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics University of Hohenheim Chair of Rural Development Theory and Policy PROF. DR. MANFRED ZELLER Operational Poverty Targeting by Proxy Means Tests Models and Policy Simulations for Malawi Dissertation Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of “Doktor der Agrarwissenschaften” (Dr. sc. agrar./ Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences) To The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences presented by NAZAIRE S. I. HOUSSOU Born in Malanville, Benin 2010 This thesis was accepted as a doctoral dissertation in fulfillment of the requirement for the “Doktor der Agrarwissenschaften” (Dr. sc. agrar./ Ph.D.) by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim on April 6, 2010 Date of oral examination: May 11, 2010 Examination committee Supervisor and reviewer: Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller Co-reviewer: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Piepho Additional examiner: Prof. Dr. Harald Grethe Vice-Dean and Head of the Examination committee: Prof. Dr. Werner Bessei.