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....
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/Ghana-Social-protection-assessment-and-public-expenditure-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26379 |
| id |
okr-10986-26379 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
okr-10986-263792021-05-25T08:59:07Z Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review World Bank PUBLIC EXPENDITURE VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIAL PROTECTION ENERGY SUBSIDIES BUDGET MANAGEMENT SOCIAL SPENDING 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. 2017-04-17T16:05:49Z 2017-04-17T16:05:49Z 2016-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/Ghana-Social-protection-assessment-and-public-expenditure-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26379 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Africa Ghana |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English en_US |
| topic |
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIAL PROTECTION ENERGY SUBSIDIES BUDGET MANAGEMENT SOCIAL SPENDING |
| spellingShingle |
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIAL PROTECTION ENERGY SUBSIDIES BUDGET MANAGEMENT SOCIAL SPENDING World Bank Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review |
| geographic_facet |
Africa Ghana |
| description |
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. |
| format |
Report |
| author |
World Bank |
| author_facet |
World Bank |
| author_sort |
World Bank |
| title |
Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review |
| title_short |
Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review |
| title_full |
Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review |
| title_fullStr |
Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Ghana Social Protection Assessment and Public Expenditure Review |
| title_sort |
ghana social protection assessment and public expenditure review |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2017 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776791491300371576/Ghana-Social-protection-assessment-and-public-expenditure-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26379 |
| _version_ |
1764461836909936640 |