Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review

doi:10.1596/26379

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Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-17T16:05:49Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-17T16:05:49Z
dc.date.issued	2016-11
dc.description.abstract	For most of the last two decades, Ghana’s economy has been on a high growth path, which has been accompanied by significant reduction in poverty. Despite this progress, large macroeconomic imbalances threaten growth and continued poverty reduction. Rapid economic growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality in terms of income and geographical areas. The Government of Ghana (GoG) has a comprehensive national social protection strategy (NSPS) in place and is finalizing the national social protection policy. Given existing macroeconomic challenges, resources allocated to social protection programs should be used in the most cost-effective and pro-poor manner. This assessment aims to contribute to the rationalization of social protection public expenditures, building on recent work by the GoG. This report updates the analysis on core social assistance programs, active labor market programs, social insurance schemes including the national health insurance scheme, and general fuel and electricity subsidies. To establish a more effective and sustainable social protection system, the report recommends addressing the following four challenges: consolidating the substantial gains achieved to date and building a stronger program portfolio; strengthening expenditure management; expanding well-targeted programs and rationalizing poorly targeted programs; and ensuring the sustainability of key programs.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/Ghana-Social-protection-assessment-and-public-expenditure-review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/26379
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26379
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENERGY SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	BUDGET MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL SPENDING
dc.title	Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review
okr.date.disclosure	2017-04-04
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Public Expenditure Review
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/Ghana-Social-protection-assessment-and-public-expenditure-review
okr.guid	776791491300371576
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/26379
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/26379
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	090224b084a8186f_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	27327420
okr.identifier.report	114004
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/pdf/114004-revised-Ghana-SP-report-Draft-for-public-disclosure.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Ghana
okr.sector	Public Administration
okr.theme	Social protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.topic	Public Sector Development::Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development::Public & Municipal Finance
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unit	Poverty GP AFR 2 (GPV07)