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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

20. State Role in Welfare

Authors : Mozammel Huq, Michael Tribe

Published in: The Economy of Ghana

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

As shown in the previous chapter, following the SDG agenda, the elimination of poverty by 2030 is now an internationally recognised target. Like many other developing countries, Ghana hopes to achieve the target even before 2030.

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Footnotes
1
See Ragno et al. (2016) which covers these in some detail. It may also be mentioned that in mid-2014, the MoGCSP submitted and obtained the approval of a Cabinet Memo laying out the vision for Ghana’s social protection system.
 
2
As admitted by the ILO study (2015, p. 25), “the programmes selected are those that receive a sizable share of the government budget (such as the NYEP), operate nationwide, cover a sizeable portion of the population (such as the capitation grant) or are social protection programmes as defined in the draft GNSPS.” Also, the data deficiency is so severe that it is not possible to make a more detailed assessment.
 
3
The list includes skilled deliveries, pre- and post-natal care, registration of the child and National Health Insurance Scheme registration.
 
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Metadata
Title
State Role in Welfare
Authors
Mozammel Huq
Michael Tribe
Copyright Year
2018
Book
The Economy of Ghana

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-60242-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-60243-5

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60243-5_20