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100			_aAmofa, Seth Kwakye et al _945037
245			_aEradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion: A comparative assessment of two social protection programmes in Ghana
260			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
300			_a89(3), Sep, 2023: p.883-900
520			_aGhana 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 enhancing 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 programme may not yield significant improvement in the standard of living of the extremely 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. – Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00208523221119984
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
906			_aPOVERTY
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