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Searching with a thematic focus on Livelihoods, Poverty in Ghana

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Public expenditure for development results and poverty reduction
Overseas Development Institute, 2003
Review and case studies of "Results-oriented (or ‘performance’ or ‘output’) budgeting": the planning of public expenditures for the purpose of achieving explicit and defined results. These policies have often been first implemented through sector-wide approaches (SWAps), particularly in health and education.
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Public social spending in Africa: do the poor benefit?
World Bank Research Observer, 1999
This paper, published by the World Bank Research Observer (WBRO), examines the effectiveness of public social spending on education and health care in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, and Tanzania. It finds that these programmes tend to favour the better off more than the poor.
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Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sanitation conditions, and practices related to the care and feeding of children to determine their contributions to malnutrition.