Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review
For most of the last two decades, Ghana’s economy has been on a high growth path, which has been accompanied by significant reduction in poverty. Despite this progress, large macroeconomic imbalances threaten growth and continued poverty reduction....
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/Ghana-Social-protection-assessment-and-public-expenditure-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26379 |
| Summary: | For most of the last two decades,
Ghana’s economy has been on a high growth path, which has
been accompanied by significant reduction in poverty.
Despite this progress, large macroeconomic imbalances
threaten growth and continued poverty reduction. Rapid
economic growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied
by growing inequality in terms of income and geographical
areas. The Government of Ghana (GoG) has a comprehensive
national social protection strategy (NSPS) in place and is
finalizing the national social protection policy. Given
existing macroeconomic challenges, resources allocated to
social protection programs should be used in the most
cost-effective and pro-poor manner. This assessment aims to
contribute to the rationalization of social protection
public expenditures, building on recent work by the GoG.
This report updates the analysis on core social assistance
programs, active labor market programs, social insurance
schemes including the national health insurance scheme, and
general fuel and electricity subsidies. To establish a more
effective and sustainable social protection system, the
report recommends addressing the following four challenges:
consolidating the substantial gains achieved to date and
building a stronger program portfolio; strengthening
expenditure management; expanding well-targeted programs and
rationalizing poorly targeted programs; and ensuring the
sustainability of key programs. |
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