{"product_id":"social-protection-program-spending-and-the-world-bank-9781464820052","title":"Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana","description":"\u003cp\u003e Ghana administers multiple social protection programs. One of these, pensions provided by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e has a long history, but others-the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Labor-Intensive Public Works program, Livelihood Empowerment Against \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Poverty program, and National Health Insurance Scheme-have been introduced and expanded only over the past two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana assesses the performance of the government of Ghana's main social assistance and social insurance programs. The study discusses the programs' main design and implementation parameters; summarizes existing evaluative and operational research; and examines the patterns and trends in program benefit spending, using government administrative data, and the programs' coverage rates, incidence, and effectiveness for reducing poverty and inequality, using recent national household sample survey data. Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between household participation in social assistance programs and exposure to adverse covariate shocks-specifically, possible weather-related shocks-on the basis of high-resolution climate risk maps for the country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dhushyanth Raju, Stephen Younger, Christabel Dadzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1464820058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464820052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Bank Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.29d","brand":"Dhushyanth Raju","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410329137407,"sku":"9781464820052","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c52135f4-52d6-438f-8d39-47752a105534.jpg?v=1697535819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-protection-program-spending-and-the-world-bank-9781464820052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}