World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-11-28https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7663Ghana has done increasingly well in recent years. This report has analyzed these issues in considerable depth, making it a prime reference on Ghana's growth and poverty experience and current policy challenges. The Ghana Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) report presented in these three volumes brings together detailed, relevant analyses of Ghana's growth and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), poverty reduction, infrastructure, agriculture, investment climate, export competitiveness, social inclusion and political economy.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGADJUSTMENT POLICIESAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATESGROWTH REGRESSIONSHIGH GROWTHHIGH POPULATION GROWTHHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTIMPORTANT POLICYIMPROVEMENTS IN POLICIESIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINCOME GROUPSINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINDUSTRIAL SECTORINEQUITIESINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENTINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLOCAL CURRENCYLONG RUNLONG-TERM GROWTHLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACRO STABILITYMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICYMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMEDIUM TERMMILLENNIUM CHALLENGEMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMODERNIZATIONNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATIONAL POVERTYNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNON-TRADITIONAL EXPORTSOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOMESPESTICIDESPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY ISSUESPOLICY MEASURESPOLICY OPTIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL STABILITYPOLITICAL TURMOILPOOR AREASPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR WOMENPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MAPPINGPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROGRESSPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC PROGRAMSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGRAPID GROWTHREAL EXCHANGE RATERECIPIENT COUNTRIESREDUCED POVERTYREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL EQUITYREGIONAL TENSIONSREMOTE AREASRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESOURCE REQUIREMENTSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL INCOMESRURAL POVERTYRURAL ROADSSANITATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECTOR ACTIVITIESSELF-CONFIDENCESERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE PROVISIONSKILLED LABORSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL CONCERNSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL REASONSSOCIAL TENSIONSSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESSTATUS OF WOMENSTRATEGIC PRIORITIESSYSTEM OF PREFERENCESTARGETINGTRADE OFFSTRADE SHOCKSTRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGETRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASURBAN POORURBANIZATIONUSE OF RESOURCESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGWATER RESOURCESWorld Bank10.1596/7663