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Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana

Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana

Paperback

Series: World Bank Studies

Business GeneralEconomicsSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0821395939
ISBN13: 9780821395936
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: Oct 31 2012
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.38 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
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.

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