Table 5.
Simulated poverty impacts for different transfer sizes and poverty lines
| Transfer Size (Rp. 000s) | Poverty line = Poor | Poverty line = Very poor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMT | Community | Hybrid | PMT | Community | Hybrid | ||
| No transfer | headcount | 33.86 | 33.86 | 33.86 | 15.64 | 15.64 | 15.64 |
| pov. gap | 9.45 | 9.45 | 9.45 | 3.55 | 3.55 | 3.55 | |
| sq. pov gap | 3.73 | 3.73 | 3.73 | 1.21 | 1.21 | 1.21 | |
| 50 | headcount | 32.81 | 32.81 | 33.30 | 15.04 | 14.52 | 14.55 |
| pov. gap | 8.88 | 8.89 | 8.87 | 3.17 | 3.15 | 3.16 | |
| sq. pov gap | 3.42 | 3.41 | 3.39 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.02 | |
| 100 | headcount | 31.45 | 32.03 | 32.01 | 14.02 | 13.68 | 13.77 |
| pov. gap | 8.37 | 8.40 | 8.35 | 2.84 | 2.82 | 2.83 | |
| sq. pov gap | 3.14 | 3.13 | 3.11 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.88 | |
| 200 | headcount | 29.60 | 30.03 | 30.10 | 12.33 | 12.13 | 12.28 |
| pov. gap | 7.47 | 7.54 | 7.48 | 2.37 | 2.33 | 2.32 | |
| sq. pov gap | 2.71 | 2.69 | 2.67 | 0.74 | 0.68 | 0.68 | |
| 500 | headcount | 24.22 | 25.15 | 25.38 | 8.85 | 9.17 | 9.13 |
| pov. gap | 5.76 | 5.87 | 5.84 | 1.69 | 1.59 | 1.61 | |
| sq. pov gap | 2.02 | 1.98 | 1.97 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.46 | |
Notes: Transfers are in thousands of Rupiah (Rp. 1,000 = US $0.10) and assume a uniform transfer for all recipient households. Note that the transfer is per household, whereas poverty is defined as per-capita, so a given transfer has less of an impact on larger households. Headcount and poverty gap are in percent; squared poverty gap is multiplied by 100.