Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion: A comparative assessment of two social protection programmes in Ghana
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2022
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International Review of Administrative Sciences
Abstract
Ghana has experimented with two social protection programmes: the Livelihood
Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, and the Japan Social
Development Fund (JSDF) pilot project aimed at reducing extreme poverty and improving the standard of living of beneficiaries. This study comparatively assessed how the
LEAP programme and the JSDF-LEAP project have contributed to improving the standard of living of beneficiaries. A sample of 167 respondents, comprising 81 LEAP households, 82 JSDF-LEAP beneficiaries and four District Social Welfare Officers, took part in
the study. The study findings suggest that cash transfers alone, such as the LEAP program, may not yield significant improvement in the standard of living of the extreme poor without complementary programmes such as the JSDF-LEAP project to address
the livelihood and other socio-economic challenges that they encounter. The study
recommends a holistic approach to tackling extreme poverty through ‘cash plus.
programmes.
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extreme poverty, cash plus programme, LEAP