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Over 1.5 Million Ghanaians Benefited from LEAP and LIPW programs During The COVID-19 Crisis, recent IMF publication shows

October 27, 2020
Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
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Over 1.5 Million Ghanaians Benefited from LEAP and LIPW programs During The COVID-19 Crisis, recent IMF publication shows

A total of 1,514, 000 Ghanaians benefited from the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP)  and the Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) programs under the  Ghana Productive Safety Net Project since the outbreak of the pandemic. 

This comprises about 1.5 million individuals from 332,000 households who currently benefit from the LEAP and an additional 14,000 who also benefited from the LIPW program. Cash received by households in each round of transfers ranges between 64 and 106 Ghana cedis (the equivalent of between US$12 and US$20).

This is according to a recent publication by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 27, 2020.

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The IMF pointed out that Simulations and surveys suggested that the economic impact has been worst in the country’s two largest cities, Accra and Kumasi, which underwent a partial lockdown for over three weeks in April.

The authors stated that the negative effects were felt widely across the country, including the rural areas and in the less developed central and northern parts of the country, where poverty is greater.  

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The government, according to the IMF, has introduced a variety of interventions to assist those affected. Measures have included several months of free water and free or subsidized electricity services to public utility customers; soft loans to qualified micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises; and an initiative, implemented in partnership with faith-based organizations, to provide free food and other essentials to those in need in Accra and Kumasi during the partial lockdown.

The government also sought the guidance and support of international development partners, including coordinating with the World Bank,  in part,  through the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project.  Launched in 2019, the project provides financial and technical assistance to the Government to enhance its social protection system and the implementation of its main social safety net programs.

The government has also leveraged its main social safety net programs to support Ghana’s poorest and most vulnerable families. Authorities have adopted the implementation of the programs to reduce the risk of infection to both program personnel and beneficiaries.

The Fund noted that to help mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic, LEAP provided an additional one-off round of cash transfers to beneficiaries in May. Unable to distribute cash transfers at community sites, the program relied on contactless transfers. Beneficiaries used electronic benefit transfer cards to withdraw cash from ATMs, with LEAP providing a top-up benefit (10 Ghana cedis for urban beneficiaries and 20 Ghana cedis for rural beneficiaries) to help defray the cost of transportation to banks.

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Since cash distributions at community sites resumed in July, LEAP has made masks and disinfection and hand-hygiene supplies available and enforced physical distancing at the sites.  

The Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) program has also supported Ghanaians during the pandemic by providing work opportunities in northern Ghana. While the program covers the entire country, most beneficiaries live in northern Ghana.   

As the government closed schools to help slow the spread of the virus, LIPW reduced work hours to allow mothers and caregivers to attend to their children while continuing to pay full daily wages.

 “LIPW beneficiaries can work for up to 180 days (no more than six hours per day) over two consecutive agricultural off-seasons, at the prevailing national minimum daily wage, which is 2020 is 11.8 Ghana cedis (equivalent to slightly over US$2).

“LIPW work opportunities include maintenance and rehabilitation of rural roads and small earth dams and dugouts, soil conservation, and tree planting. The program also ensured that at least three-fifths of LIPW beneficiaries are women”.

The authors stated that, in Ghana, the economic turmoil caused by the pandemic leaves the country more vulnerable to other, potential large-scale shocks crises domestically or in its main international trading partner countries.

“Social safety net programs, therefore, offer an important instrument to respond to these risks”.

However, the IMF indicated that the programs suffer from shortcomings in terms of the number and categories of individuals covered, their reach into urban areas, and the number of benefits offered. These limitations impair the effectiveness of these programs in addressing poverty and the effects of the pandemic.

“To provide timely and effective support during crises, these programs will also need to incorporate structures and processes that allow authorities to smoothly and swiftly expand coverage, accurately target populations, raise benefit amounts, or adjust the frequency of benefits distribution when needed”.  

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