Labour intensive public works and agricultural off-season employment: A case study of Ghana social opportunity programme

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dc.contributor.authorOsei-Akoto, I.
dc.contributor.authorBawakyillenuo, S.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, G.
dc.contributor.authorOffei, E.L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-24T13:32:34Z
dc.date.available2020-02-24T13:32:34Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-17
dc.descriptionSchool of social sciences colloquiumen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Labour Intensive Public Works (LlPW) of the Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP) was initiated by the Government of Ghana to provide targeted rural poor households access to local employment and income-earning opportunities during agricultural off-seasons. The key objectives of the programme were to protect households and communities against external shocks and; rehabilitate and improve productive and social infrastructure such as roads, dams and schools. The initiative was to mainly mitigate the effects of extreme poverty, particularly during agriculture off-seasons. This study assessed the impact of the L1PW project on labour force participation and employment generation during the off season in agriculture in Ghana. Panel data from two rounds of survey were used for this analysis and propensity score matching technique was used for the estimation of the average treatment effect. The results show that labour force participation increased by 7% in the lean season among beneficiary households relative to the non-beneficiaries. Paid employment among beneficiary households increased by 9.4% relative to the non-beneficiary households and the number of days spent in a week on paid work by beneficiary households increased by 30.8%. The average income received by L1PW beneficiary households from paid work was GHC 48.57 higher than the amount received by non-beneficiary households. The paper shares interesting results on sustainability of such innovative programmes that seek to lessen the burden of unemployment or under-employment in deprived communities during the lean agricultural season while creating vital infrastructure for eco nomic growthen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/34921
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectLabour Intensive Public Works (LlPW)en_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectGhana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP)en_US
dc.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.titleLabour intensive public works and agricultural off-season employment: A case study of Ghana social opportunity programmeen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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