Social Protection and the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme in Ghana: Generating Positive Change through the Power of Evidence

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Ragno, Luigi Peter; Hague, Sarah; Handa, Sudhanshu; Ablo, Mawutor; Twum-Danso, Nana A. Y.; Ofori-Addo, Lawrence; Alviar, Carlos; Davis, Benjamin; Pozarny, Pamela; & Attah, Ramla (2016). Social Protection and the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme in Ghana: Generating Positive Change through the Power of Evidence.. Davis, Benjamin; Handa, Sudhanshu; Hypher, Nicola; Winder Rossi, Natalia; Winters, Paul; & Yablonski, Jennifer (Eds.) (pp. 146-167). Oxford, England: FAO.

Abstract

This chapter focuses on and links three core processes in Ghana’s LEAP (Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty) programme, namely impact, implementation, and predominant narrative, which together determine the lifespan of a cash transfer programme. The chapter starts by introducing social protection in Ghana, the LEAP programme, and its genesis, and the main impacts from recent rigorous evaluations, as the outcome of a conducive environment where politics, development partners, and national champions all played a role. The chapter continues by presenting how the recent rigorous evaluations are contributing in creating a new narrative on LEAP, following an effective and targeted advocacy which translated the evidence into clear and digestible messages for a variety of stakeholders, and by presenting LEAP as an improving programme that is refining its operations.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198769446.003.0007

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Year Published

2016

Author(s)

Ragno, Luigi Peter
Hague, Sarah
Handa, Sudhanshu
Ablo, Mawutor
Twum-Danso, Nana A. Y.
Ofori-Addo, Lawrence
Alviar, Carlos
Davis, Benjamin
Pozarny, Pamela
Attah, Ramla