The development of better practices in project targeting has been evolving in the IDB in recent years. By designing better targeting procedures, project teams can more effectively match proposed investments with their potential beneficiaries. Good practices in targeting include an effort to go beyond the "letter of the law;" in the identification of project beneficiaries. Effective and efficient targeting mechanisms attempt to better link the project's specific purposes with its intended beneficiaries. The Poverty and Inequality Unit has been supporting the improvement of targeting mechanisms in Bank projects through three recent publications:

• Good Practices in Poverty Targeting in IDB Projects in 1997, by Ruthanne Deutsch

• Targeting Methods for Social Programs (Poverty and Inequality Technical Notes No. 1), by Arianna Legovini (Working Paper,04/99,POV,E)

Last updated: 04/26/07