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Ghana Poverty Assessment

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-24T14:07:37Z
dc.date.available2020-11-24T14:07:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractAfter the return to democracy, Ghana achieved significant economic growth and poverty reduction. However, in recent years, the rate of poverty reduction has slowed, becoming insignificant after 2012. The largest reduction in poverty, 2 percent per year, was reached from 1991–1998. Subsequently, the rate of decline fell to 1.4 percent in 1998–2005, 1.1 percent in 2005–2012, and dropped to 0.2 percent per year between 2012 and 2016. The slowdown in poverty reduction was not due to a reduction in GDP per capita growth, which peaked between 2005 and 2012 and remained high between 2012 and 2016. Rather, it was due to a drop in the rate to which economic growth translated into poverty reduction. The growth elasticity of poverty (percentage reduction in poverty associated for every one percentage change in GDP per capita) was 1.2 between 1991 and 1998 but declined to less than 0.1 between 2012 and 2016, indicating a 1 percent increase in GDP per capita led to less than 0.1 percent reduction in poverty.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/342081605282543620/Ghana-Poverty-Assessment
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/34804
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34804
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
dc.subjectCONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONE
dc.subjectMOBILE MONEY
dc.subjectGEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subjectWELFARE IMPACT
dc.subjectOIL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSCHOOL CLOSURE
dc.subjectPRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATION INVESTMENT
dc.subjectDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY
dc.titleGhana Poverty Assessmenten
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleGhana Poverty Assessment
okr.date.disclosure2020-11-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T09:05:18.214134Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Poverty Assessment
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/342081605282543620/Ghana-Poverty-Assessment
okr.guid342081605282543620
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087fb912d_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32578835
okr.identifier.reportAUS0001903
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/342081605282543620/pdf/Ghana-Poverty-Assessment.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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