Reducing poverty through a social grants programme: The case of Ghana

Abstract

Social security and pensions have an important role to play in sustaining poverty reduction efforts. Ghana is one of the countries in SSA that is implementing a social grants policy under it'sNotional Social Protection Strategy (NSPS, 2007). This study investigates the extent to which Ghana's social grant policies can impact on poverty, inequality and government fiscals in Ghana. The main findings of this study are that a universal social grants programme will reduce the incidence and depth of poverty as well as inequality in Ghana. It however argues that for Ghana, affordability remains the biggest challenge.