Ghana: Poverty reduction over thirty years
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Ghana : Poverty reduction over thirty years. / McKay, Andy; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tarp, Finn.
Helsinki : UNU-WIDER, 2015.Research output: Working paper › Research
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Ghana
T2 - Poverty reduction over thirty years
AU - McKay, Andy
AU - Pirttilä, Jukka
AU - Tarp, Finn
N1 - JEL classification: I32, O10, O40, O55
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - UNU WIDER Working Paper Series
BT - Ghana
PB - UNU-WIDER
CY - Helsinki
ER -
ID: 146246625