, child labour and access to health services) in Ghana and to support the policy-maker in designing the most appropriate … crisis would increase monetary poverty and hunger across all regions of Ghana, eroding many of the gains made over the past …Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is experiencing the impact of the global crisis and the uncertain …

substitution from modern health services to traditional medicine. Large regional and rural vs. urban gaps are also noted. A … and even leads to a reduction in hunger. It also limits the crisis’ adverse effects on school enrolment, child labour and … sick children’s access to modern health care services. A universal (non-targeted) variant of this transfer policy for 0 …

, households with few economic opportunities are at a higher risk of falling into (monetary) poverty, suffering from hunger …, removing children from school and into work, and losing access to health services. This study simulates the impacts of the … Africa (WCA) over the period 2009-2011. It is based on country studies for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana, which broadly …

, child labour and access to health services) in Ghana and to support the policy-maker in designing the most appropriate … crisis would increase monetary poverty and hunger across all regions of Ghana, eroding many of the gains made over the past …Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is experiencing the impact of the global crisis and the uncertain …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … the education system (by private and public education investments) determines the quality of the human capital stock as … consumption and saving. An efficient tax and transfer system being accompanied by an education system financed in public private …