Arbeitspapier
Ghana: Poverty reduction over thirty years
Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this period, showing improvements in almost all indicators over this period. At the same time, inequality has risen over the past 20 years and spatial inequality, in both monetary and non-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty reduction.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-941-1
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2015/052
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Economic Development: General
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Economic Development: General
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
Thema
Ghana
growth
poverty
non-monetary poverty
inequality
growth
poverty
non-monetary poverty
inequality
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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McKay, Andy
Pirttilä, Jukka
Tarp, Finn
Pirttilä, Jukka
Tarp, Finn
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2015
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2015/941-1
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:21 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- McKay, Andy
- Pirttilä, Jukka
- Tarp, Finn
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2015
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