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Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorYounger, Stephen D.
dc.contributor.authorRaju, Dhushyanth
dc.contributor.authorDadzie, Christabel E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-15T15:37:36Z
dc.date.available2023-09-15T15:37:36Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-15
dc.description.abstractGhana administers multiple social protection programs. One of these, pensions provided by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, has a long history, but others—the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Labor-Intensive Public Works program, Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty program, and National Health Insurance Scheme—have been introduced and expanded only over the past two decades. Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana assesses the performance of the government of Ghana’s main social assistance and social insurance programs. The study discusses the programs’ main design and implementation parameters; summarizes existing evaluative and operational research; and examines the patterns and trends in program benefit spending, using government administrative data, and the programs’ coverage rates, incidence, and effectiveness for reducing poverty and inequality, using recent national household sample survey data. Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between household participation in social assistance programs and exposure to adverse covariate shocks—specifically, possible weather-related shocks—on the basis of high-resolution climate risk maps for the country.
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-2005-2
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-2005-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40356
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Development in Focus
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSPENDING
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM
dc.subjectNATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.titleSocial Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghanaen
dc.typeBook
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okr.crossref.titleSocial Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana
okr.date.disclosure2023-09-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-07T09:04:05.739964Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-2005-2
okr.identifier.report184907
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Pensions & Retirement Systems
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Diagnostics
okr.unitHECSP
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