Shocks and Social Safety Net Program Participation in Ghana - Descriptive Evidence from Linking Climate Risk Maps to Programs Beneficiary Rolls
This study discusses the association between household exposure to negative shocks and social safety net program participation in Ghana. To examine this issue, we link data from high-resolution geospatial maps of drought and flood risks to government a...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111102032211447/P1766380f7bb30066086f60b11c43719035 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37024 |
| Summary: | This study discusses the association
between household exposure to negative shocks and social
safety net program participation in Ghana. To examine this
issue, we link data from high-resolution geospatial maps of
drought and flood risks to government administrative data on
safety net program beneficiaries at the district level. We
find that drought risk is positively associated with
household participation in selected, main public social
safety net programs. (The corresponding evidence for flood
risk is weaker.) We interpret the finding to be a result of
pre-shock program coverage of drought-prone areas, in part
achieved indirectly through the intentional targeting of
poor areas by the programs. |
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