Poverty Reduction in Ghana: Progress and Challenges

doi:10.1596/K8485

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Poverty Reduction in Ghana: Progress and Challenges

dc.contributor.author	Molini, Vasco
dc.contributor.author	Paci, Pierella
dc.date.accessioned	2015-10-07T21:41:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-10-07T21:41:57Z
dc.date.issued	2015-10
dc.description.abstract	Ghana over the past two decades has enjoyed steady and robust growth, mainly through a modification in its economic structure: as the economy gradually shifted out of agriculture and into services, the country experienced noticeable advances in productivity. Agriculture's share of value added to GDP has declined at a faster rate since 2005, whereas the share of services has remained virtually unchanged. Employment has adjusted in line with the changes in the structure of the economy, with a progressive shift from the country side to urban areas. Educational attinmenst have improved, more people moved into cities and improved their household income, and the number of families living in poverty has noticeably decreased. Going forward, to realize its full potential Ghana must continue the stabilization program undertaken in 2014, with a sustained commitment to fiscal discipline. Additional priorities are to continue developing workers' skills, support further structural transformation, and expand the safety nets and income opportunities for large share of the population still living in poverty.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/K8485
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22732
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC By 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.title	Poverty Reduction in Ghana	en
dc.title.subtitle	Progress and Challenges	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-10-15
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T10:52:00.313284Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Poverty Assessment
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/K8485
okr.identifier.report	101230
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.country	Ghana
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	Poverty and Equity Global Practice (GPVDR)
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