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“They are my people, add them!” The politicisation of poverty reduction programmes in the Global South: Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty cash transfer programme in focus
By Mohammed, Abdul-Rahim
Numerous impact assessments have shown that Ghana’s cash transfer programme, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), has contributed to poverty alleviation and improved schooling. Although the LEAP programme has been extensively evaluated, its political dimensions have been under-researched. Within this context, the present article aimed at understanding the pathways of politicising the LEAP programme. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 25 LEAP beneficiaries and 5 programme officers, the data demonstrates how the political actors abuse the targeting system by prioritising “their people” at the expense of other beneficiaries in five districts of northern Ghana. © 2023 Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID).
Quietly bearing the brunt of austerity in school: A qualitative study into children's experiences of food insecurity in Ghana
By Mohammed, Abdul-Rahim
The dominant food security literature that reports on children's experiences of food insecurity rely on adult/parent proxies. Nevertheless, studies have shown that adult narrations of children's experiences might not always accurately reflect children's experiences. Furthermore, other studies have also shown that in many cases, children are the best reporters of their experiences. Against this background, this paper sets out to explore, from school children's own perspectives, their lived experiences of food insecurity in school under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). This research is important because the latest round of austerity programmes in Ghana has compelled the service providers of the GSFP to resort to several coping strategies (such as rationing services, compromising the quality and quantity of meals served, and occasionally skipping service delivery) which can have significant effects on children's nutrition. Findings from group discussions and one-on-one semi-structured interviews with 21 primary school children aged 8 to 15 highlight school children's experiences of food insecurity. By exploring children's experiences of food insecurity in school, this paper presents evidence that shows that research about children's experiences can and should be based on children's accounts and not adult proxies. © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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