Improving the targeting of social programs in Ghana /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wodon, Quentin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington D.C. : World Bank, ©2012.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
2000-2099
Social work administration > Ghana.
Service social > Ghāna > Gestion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Economic policy
Social work administration
Ghana > Economic policy > 21st century.
Ghana
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • Improving targeting in Ghana: a brief overview
  • Synthesis of the study
  • How well targeted are Ghana's social programs?
  • Analysis by social program
  • Principles of targeting : a brief review
  • Poverty map
  • Food insecurity map
  • Geographic impact of higher food prices
  • School uniforms
  • Conditional cash transfers for education
  • Tax cuts for rice and fertilizer subsidies
  • Electricity subsidies
  • Benefit incidence of public education spending
  • School lunches
  • National health insurance scheme
  • Livelihood empowerment against poverty
  • National youth employment program
  • Labor intensive public works
  • References
  • List of tables.

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