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Improving The Targeting Of Social Programs In Ghana
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Book Synopsis Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana by : Quentin Wodon
Download or read book Improving the Targeting of Social Programs in Ghana written by Quentin Wodon and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a diagnostic of the benefit incidence and targeting performance of social programs in Ghana together with suggestions for how to improve targeting performance.
Book Synopsis Can better targeting improve the effectiveness of Ghana's Fertilizer Subsidy Program? by : Houssou, Nazaire
Download or read book Can better targeting improve the effectiveness of Ghana's Fertilizer Subsidy Program? written by Houssou, Nazaire and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite improvements to the implementation regime of Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy program, this paper shows that considerable challenges remain in ensuring that the subsidy is targeted to farmers who need fertilizer the most. Currently, larger-scale and wealthier farmers are the main beneficiaries of subsidized fertilizer even though the stated goal is to target smallholder farmers with fertilizer subsidies. The experience of other African countries suggests that the effectiveness of fertilizer subsidies can improve with effective targeting of resource-poor smallholders. However, targeting smallholder farmers entails significant transaction costs and may even be infeasible in some cases. Faced with such challenges, Ghanaian policy makers must ponder the question of how to improve the targeting of input subsidy programs in the country. Further research is needed to identify more cost-effective approaches for achieving the goal of targeting.
Book Synopsis Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience by : Houssou, Nazaire
Download or read book Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: Perspectives from the Ghanaian experience written by Houssou, Nazaire and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper assesses whether fertilizer subsidy programs can be better targeted to resource-poor farmers using the case of Ghana and proxy means test approaches. Past fertilizer subsidy programs in the country have not been particularly targeted to the poor, even as targeting poor and smallholder farmers has become key in the program implementation guidelines. As a result, many poor farmers have not benefited from past programs. Our results show that targeting approaches based on proxy means tests that use the correlates of poverty to select beneficiary farmers can potentially improve the poverty outreach and costeffectiveness of Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy programs. Therefore, we propose that the proxy means test approach should be considered for implementing Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy programs, first in a pilot project involving a few communities, and later, if found successful, in a full-scale program.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251089817 Total Pages :404 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis From Evidence to Action by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book From Evidence to Action written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cash transfers have become a key social protection tool in developing countries and have expanded dramatically in the last two decades. However, the impacts of cash transfers programmes, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, have not been substantially documented. This book presents a detailed overview of the impact evaluations of these programmes, carried out by the Transfer Project and FAO’s From Protection to Production project. The 14 chapters include a review of eight country case studies: Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, as well as a description of the innovative research methodologies, political economy issues and good practices to design cash transfer programmes. The key objective of the book is to enhance the understanding of these development programmes, how they lead to a broad range of social and productive impacts and also of the role of programme evaluation in the process of developing policies and implementing programmes.
Book Synopsis A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending by : International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Download or read book A Strategy for IMF Engagement on Social Spending written by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper uses case studies to explore the nature and extent of past IMF engagement on social spending issues and to draw lessons for future engagement.
Book Synopsis Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises by : Mr.Paolo Dudine
Download or read book Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises written by Mr.Paolo Dudine and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low-income countries were hit especially hard by sharp increases in world food and fuel prices in 2007-08 and the global financial crisis that followed. In response, the International Monetary Fund scaled up its financial assistance to low-income countries and revamped its concessional lending facilities to make them more flexible in meeting the diverse needs of these countries. Creating Policy Space in Low-Income Countries during the Recent Crises assesses empirically the outcome of the IMF response, and provides insight into how IMF-supported programs in low-income countries have been adapted to the changing economic circumstances in these countries. The authors report that these programs have provided expanded policy space in the face of the global price shocks and financial crisis.
Book Synopsis Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana by : The World Bank
Download or read book Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana
Author :International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department Publisher :International Monetary Fund ISBN 13 :1498335500 Total Pages :45 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (983 download)
Book Synopsis Creating Policy Space - Responsive Design and Streamlined Conditionality in Recent Low-Income Country Programs by : International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Download or read book Creating Policy Space - Responsive Design and Streamlined Conditionality in Recent Low-Income Country Programs written by International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of recent programs in low-income countries, covering countries with continuous program engagement with the IMF throughout the period 2007-09, shows that program design has been adapted to provide expanded policy space in response to the food and fuel price shocks of 2007-08 and to the global financial crisis that followed. The analysis also finds that structural conditionality in Fund-supported programs in low-income countries has become more streamlined, with a dominant focus on public sector resource management and accountability.
Book Synopsis The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals by : David Androff
Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals written by David Androff and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals answers the question: What is the contribution of social development and social work to the Sustainable Development Goals? The success of these goals requires implementation, and each of the 17 objectives for sustainable social progress have a social dimension. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before them, were born of a larger social development movement which over the last 25 years has become increasingly mainstream in the fields of international development, sustainability, and social work. These practitioners are essential to the implementation of the SDGs. This handbook examines how the SDGs are being implemented in diverse contexts. No previous work has surveyed social development and social work’s contribution to the SDGs nor represented voices from the Global South on the SDGs. This book broadens the current literature by focusing on key sites throughout the Global South and featuring underrepresented voices from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These regions are vitally important to assessing the SDGs, as this is where innovative social development projects are occurring, and where social workers are playing a leading role in achieving the SDGs. The book is divided into eight parts: • Context of Social Development, Social Work, and the SDGs • Perspectives on the SDGs • Case Studies on Engagement with the SDG Agenda • Case Studies on Ending Poverty • Case Studies on Health and Well-Being • Case Studies on Gender Equality • Case Studies on Climate and Sustainability • Case Studies on Governance, Peace, and Justice It comprises 35 newly written chapters by 74 authors. It will be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary audience of scholars, educators, and students in the fields of social development, social welfare, social work, social policy, human rights, international relations, political science, international affairs, sustainability, community development, area studies, and development studies.
Book Synopsis Kingdom of Lesotho: Selected Issues by : International Monetary
Download or read book Kingdom of Lesotho: Selected Issues written by International Monetary and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingdom of Lesotho: Selected Issues
Book Synopsis The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa by : Mel Gray
Download or read book The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa written by Mel Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All recent books on international social work mention Africa only briefly and few engage with the broader field of development studies. This book focuses solely on the unique African context engaging with issues relating to social work and development more broadly thus enabling a deeper examination and more complex and nuanced picture to emerge. Unlike most academic works, this book highlights multiple practitioner voices, with authors or co-authors that have recently been or are currently practising social workers. As an edited book, it draws from both academic research as well as lived practice experience, supported by strong theoretical positioning and guidance in introductory chapters, drawing on African literature, wherever possible. Looking at case-studies from Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Zambia and Tanzania and covering established areas of practice such as child protection; working with older people; working with people with disabilities; mental health; and mainstream services targeting women as well as emerging areas of developmental social work practice, such as humanitarian assistance in post-conflict situations; work with immigrants and refugees; and the training of community-based workers, this book takes a future-oriented perspective that aims to move beyond well-worn critiques to envision constructive and sustainable futures for social work and social development in Africa from a critical perspective.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1924 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2007 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Download or read book Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2007 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1922 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Download or read book State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Improving the equity and effectiveness of Nepal’s fertilizer subsidy program by : Kyle, Jordan
Download or read book Improving the equity and effectiveness of Nepal’s fertilizer subsidy program written by Kyle, Jordan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the fertilizer subsidy program in Nepal from two different angles, both important for policy makers in the country. First, it analyzes who is benefiting from the program, and second, it examines how farmers rank the importance of public spending on fertilizer subsidies compared with other potential public investments. Whereas the former question is important for judging whether the program is meeting its objectives, the latter is essential to understanding the scope for reform, in particular the extent to which we could expect citizens to resist reforms to the subsidy program. We draw on these analyses as well as on examples from other countries to make policy recommendations to improve program implementation.
Book Synopsis Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Electricity Subsidies in Central America by : Marco Antonio Hernández Oré
Download or read book Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Electricity Subsidies in Central America written by Marco Antonio Hernández Oré and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central American countries spend approximately one percent of their aggregate gross domestic product subsidizing residential electricity consumption. This amount is comparable with what these countries spend on education and social assistance. The pressure that electricity subsidies exert on government budgets is particularly high when international energy prices rise. Electricity subsidies also provide perverse incentives for the overconsumption of electricity as households do not pay the true cost of their consumption, which in turn reduces incentives to increase energy efficiency. This book answers key questions regarding residential electricity subsidies in Central America. In particular: How do the subsidy mechanisms function in each country? What are their fiscal costs? Are these subsidies good value for the money? How efficient are subsidies in reaching households in need, and what drives this efficiency? What are the reform options? The main message of this book is that there is considerable scope for improving the efficiency of electricity subsidies in Central America by better targeting them to low-income households. The book shows that electricity subsidies help reduce the burden of electricity costs on the lowest-income groups. However, the existing electricity subsidy schemes are very inefficient at targeting resources to low-income households, with the majority of government spending going to higher-income households. Indeed, most countries in the region have the opportunity to significantly reduce the fiscal costs of electricity subsidies without imposing significant costs on households, particularly poor households. Given the limited fiscal space in the region and the major needs of the countries in terms of social services and physical infrastructure, this study seeks to provide Central American policymakers with the analytical foundations necessary to assess the costs and benefits of their electricity subsidy mechanisms, and design effective reform strategies that reflect their unique circumstances and policy priorities.
Book Synopsis State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year ... by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Download or read book State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year ... written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2007, Part 1B, 109-2 Hearings, * by :
Download or read book Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2007, Part 1B, 109-2 Hearings, * written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
