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 administrative data on safety net program benefic...

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Main Author: Nxumalo, Mpumelelo
Other Authors: Raju, Dhushyanth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2022
Series:Other Economic and Sector Work Reports
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520 |a 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