Publication: Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana
Date
2012-10-31
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Published
2012-10-31
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Abstract
This study provides a diagnostic of the benefit incidence and targeting performance of a large number of social programs in Ghana. Both broad-based programs (such as spending for education and health, and subsidies for food, oil-related products and electricity) as well as targetd programs (such as LEAP, the indigent exemption under the NHIS, school lunches and uniforms, or fertilizer subsidies) are considered. In addition, the study provides tools and recommendations for better targeting of those programs in the future. The tools include new maps and data sets for geographic targeting according to poverty and food security, as well as ways to implement proxy means-testing. The purpose of this introductory chapter is to provide a brief synthesis of the key findings and messages from the study.
Citation
“Wodon, Quentin. 2012. Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana. World Bank Study;. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/b8a80d03-b46e-57c3-b550-5119b65f5c58 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”