Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana

Wodon, Quentin

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: Targeting;    Subsidies;    Proxy means-testing;    Community-based targeting;    poverty map;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-9593-6

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

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 povertyand 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.