Poverty Reduction in Ghana—Progress and Challenges: Overview

doi:10.1596/K8480

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Poverty Reduction in Ghana—Progress and Challenges: Overview

dc.contributor.author	Molini, Vasco
dc.contributor.author	Paci, Pierella
dc.date.accessioned	2015-10-07T21:45:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-10-07T21:45:04Z
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. However, many challenges remain, in particular the fairly high share of the population still living in poverty and the persistent gender gaps in productive activities.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/K8480
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22733
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Ghana in Brief;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	poverty reduction
dc.subject	economic growth
dc.subject	labor skills
dc.subject	sectoral composition
dc.subject	services
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	shared prosperity
dc.subject	inequality
dc.subject	gender equity
dc.subject	macroeconomic outlook
dc.subject	regional inequalities
dc.title	Poverty Reduction in Ghana—Progress and Challenges	en
dc.title.subtitle	Overview	en
dc.type	Brief	en
dc.type	Fiche	fr
dc.type	Resumen	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-10-08
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-29T10:11:23.824741Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Brief
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/K8480
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.country	Ghana
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22732
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::Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unit	Poverty and Equity Global Practice
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