Dear John and Stephen,
Stephen's questions are spot on, especially the last. John's summary of this interesting experience badly needs just a few more figures, so (without reading all the attached paper or other material) one can compare the total costs of the fuel subsidies and LEAP, with these costs expressed in cedis and as a percentage of Ghana's GNP. One suspects that the fuel subsidies are disproportionately expensive compared to LEAP in total and even more per poor family benefitting. I'd love to see the figures.
Richard Jolly
IDS, co-moderator
Stephen's questions are spot on, especially the last. John's summary of this interesting experience badly needs just a few more figures, so (without reading all the attached paper or other material) one can compare the total costs of the fuel subsidies and LEAP, with these costs expressed in cedis and as a percentage of Ghana's GNP. One suspects that the fuel subsidies are disproportionately expensive compared to LEAP in total and even more per poor family benefitting. I'd love to see the figures.
Richard Jolly
IDS, co-moderator