Social Protection Systems in Ghana in an Era of COVID-19

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract The livelihoods and employment security of several millions of people in Africa are increasingly uncertain and precarious due to infections and government-imposed restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter ascertains the impact of state-led conditional cash transfer programs in Africa during COVID-19, using the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program in Ghana as a case study. The authors’ research employs qualitative/ethnographic methodologies to explore the effects of COVID-19 on livelihood-based social protection programs in Ghana. These programs are contested to have a limited impact on vulnerable demographic groups and deprived households across the country, and these challenges could be exacerbated by COVID-19. The chapter examines the role of social protection systems in mitigating livelihoods and COVID-19 shocks in Ghana. The chapter argues that the current global pandemic and weakening of traditional safety nets in African countries because of the adoption of neoliberal policies have impaired the security and sustainability of many livelihoods, at the household level, during this period of COVID-19 restrictions, especially for infected individuals and their households. The study concludes that for LEAP to have a transforming impact on livelihood security and household well-being during COVID-19, the nature, extent, and scope of such programs should be redesigned considering COVID-19 restrictions and rising infection rates. The authors also recommend the need to increase the value of money transfers to participants who are disproportionately susceptible to COVID-19, livelihood insecurity, and extreme poverty beyond spatial targeting. They argue that a new political economy of social protection and associated policy programs should be adopted by state actors to tackle rising poverty and livelihood insecurity and to improve human well-being.
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Authors Afia A. Adaboh, Joseph K. Assan
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197761465.013.0019
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197761465.013.0019
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