Improving the targeting of social programs in Ghana / edited by Quentin Wodon.

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.

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