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Improving the targeting of social programs in Ghana / edited by Quentin Wodon.
LIBRA HV41 .I4277 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social work administration--Ghana.
- Social work administration.
- Economic policy.
- Ghana--Economic policy--21st century.
- Ghana.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington D.C. : World Bank, [2012]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163).
- ISBN:
- 9780821395936
- 0821395939
- OCLC:
- 794367326
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