Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wodon, Quentin
Format: Publication
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
Targeting
Subsidies
Proxy means-testing
Community-based targeting
poverty map
caloric intake
food security
food prices
school uniforms
education costs
conditional cash transfers
tax cuts
fertilizer subsidies
electricity subsidies
benefit incidence analysis
school lunches
national health insurance
LEAP
livelihood empowerment against poverty
youth employment
public works
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13082

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13082

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