Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana (World Bank Studies) - Softcover

 
9780821395936: Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana (World Bank Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0821395939 ISBN 13: 9780821395936
Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2012

Synopsis

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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Publisher
World Bank Publications
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0821395939
ISBN 13 
9780821395936
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
173
Editor
Wodon Quentin