Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile

Since 1991 the national poverty rate of Ghana has more than halved. The estimated national headcount poverty ratio fell by 31.2 percentage points from 52.6 percent in 1991 to 21.41 percent in 2012. Heterogeneity of poverty outcomes is, however, hig...

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topic SANITATION
LIVING STANDARDS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
RURAL DIVIDE
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
FOOD NEEDS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE
POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL PATTERNS
POVERTY LEVELS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
SCHOOLING
POVERTY RATES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
ACCESS TO IRRIGATION
REGIONAL LEVEL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
CONSUMPTION DATA
HOUSING
POORER REGIONS
NATIONAL POVERTY
POOR PEOPLE
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
LOW POVERTY RATES
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POOR
DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION
REGION
MATERNAL MORTALITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
POORER AREAS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
REGIONAL POVERTY
RURAL POPULATIONS
CROP PRODUCTION
FOOD BASKET
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
CASH CROPS
FOOD POVERTY LINE
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
INCOME GROWTH
FOOD PRICE
INCOME INEQUALITY
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
RURAL PHENOMENON
POVERTY INCIDENCE
RURAL FARM
FARM SIZE
REGIONAL PRICE INDEXES
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
POORER PEOPLE
RURAL DISPARITIES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
WELFARE LEVEL
POVERTY MAPS
URBANIZED REGION
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
REGIONAL LEVELS
FARMERS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY PROFILE
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
REGIONAL POPULATION
REGIONAL GROUP
RURAL GAP
ADEQUATE CALORIES
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
POVERTY DATA
HUMAN CAPITAL
REGIONAL AVERAGE
FOREST REGIONS
FOOD POVERTY
ACCESS TO FACILITIES
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
RURAL AREA
WAGE PREMIUM
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRODUCTION GROWTH
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
POVERTY MAPPING
REGIONAL PATTERN
CONSUMPTION MEASURE
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
NET FOOD CONSUMERS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
REGIONAL PRICE
IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
NUTRITION
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
DIVERSIFICATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
POVERTY INDICATORS
RURAL RESIDENTS
WELFARE MEASURES
COASTAL REGIONS
POVERTY SITUATION
REGIONS
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE
EXTREME POVERTY
IRRIGATION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
FOOD CROPS
ACCESS TO SERVICES
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
REGIONAL AVERAGES
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
FOOD CONSUMERS
SPATIAL TRENDS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DECLINE IN POVERTY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
REGIONAL TRENDS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POVERTY RATE
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
WELFARE MONITORING
WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
WELFARE MEASURE
FOOD PRICES
SCHOOL_ATTENDANCE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION BASKET
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
CASH FLOW
CENTRAL REGION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
RURAL RESIDENCE
REGIONAL CONVERGENCE
CENTRAL REGIONS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PERSON
spellingShingle SANITATION
LIVING STANDARDS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
RURAL DIVIDE
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
FOOD NEEDS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE
POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL PATTERNS
POVERTY LEVELS
FOOD CONSUMPTION
SCHOOLING
POVERTY RATES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
ACCESS TO IRRIGATION
REGIONAL LEVEL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
CONSUMPTION DATA
HOUSING
POORER REGIONS
NATIONAL POVERTY
POOR PEOPLE
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
LOW POVERTY RATES
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POOR
DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION
REGION
MATERNAL MORTALITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
POORER AREAS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
REGIONAL POVERTY
RURAL POPULATIONS
CROP PRODUCTION
FOOD BASKET
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
CASH CROPS
FOOD POVERTY LINE
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
INCOME GROWTH
FOOD PRICE
INCOME INEQUALITY
POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE
RURAL PHENOMENON
POVERTY INCIDENCE
RURAL FARM
FARM SIZE
REGIONAL PRICE INDEXES
REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
POORER PEOPLE
RURAL DISPARITIES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
WELFARE LEVEL
POVERTY MAPS
URBANIZED REGION
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
REGIONAL LEVELS
FARMERS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY PROFILE
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
REGIONAL POPULATION
REGIONAL GROUP
RURAL GAP
ADEQUATE CALORIES
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
POVERTY DATA
HUMAN CAPITAL
REGIONAL AVERAGE
FOREST REGIONS
FOOD POVERTY
ACCESS TO FACILITIES
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
RURAL AREA
WAGE PREMIUM
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRODUCTION GROWTH
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
POVERTY MAPPING
REGIONAL PATTERN
CONSUMPTION MEASURE
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
NET FOOD CONSUMERS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
REGIONAL PRICE
IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
NUTRITION
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
DIVERSIFICATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
POVERTY INDICATORS
RURAL RESIDENTS
WELFARE MEASURES
COASTAL REGIONS
POVERTY SITUATION
REGIONS
CORRELATES OF POVERTY
LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE
EXTREME POVERTY
IRRIGATION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
FOOD CROPS
ACCESS TO SERVICES
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
REGIONAL AVERAGES
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
FOOD CONSUMERS
SPATIAL TRENDS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DECLINE IN POVERTY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
REGIONAL TRENDS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POVERTY RATE
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
WELFARE MONITORING
WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
WELFARE MEASURE
FOOD PRICES
SCHOOL_ATTENDANCE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION BASKET
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
CASH FLOW
CENTRAL REGION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
RURAL RESIDENCE
REGIONAL CONVERGENCE
CENTRAL REGIONS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PERSON
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Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile
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description Since 1991 the national poverty rate of Ghana has more than halved. The estimated national headcount poverty ratio fell by 31.2 percentage points from 52.6 percent in 1991 to 21.41 percent in 2012. Heterogeneity of poverty outcomes is, however, high both across urban and rural areas and across regions. The robustness of these poverty trends is checked with trends of five correlates: urbanization and rural-urban migration, remittances, asset growth, labor market transformations, and agricultural productivity growth. Urbanization turns out to be highly correlated with poverty reduction. Poverty trends and asset index trends turn out to follow a similar pattern in both urban and rural areas and by regions: asset index increase where poverty decreases. In the report the authors try to understand the drivers of recent decrease in poverty in northern regions. The attention is focused on two different aspects, the agricultural productivity growth and the inflation patterns. In northern regions, there is a generalized increase in production of main food crops and an increase in productivity. To test the contribution of most of these drivers to poverty reduction, the authors estimated unconditional quintile regressions over the 20th, 40th, and 60th percentiles and decomposed the results using the Oaxaca Blinder method. To further strengthen the spatial analysis of poverty the authors constructed a new poverty map based on sixth Ghana living standard survey (GLSS 6) (conducted in 2012-13) in combination with the 2010 census, which was then compared with the 2000 map. This profile focuses on inequalities seen from three different perspectives: consumption inequality, inequalities of opportunities, and polarization.
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title Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile
title_short Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile
title_full Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile
title_fullStr Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile
title_full_unstemmed Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile
title_sort ghana work program (fy15) : poverty and inequality profile
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24657538/ghana-work-program-fy15-poverty-inequality-profile
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22262
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spelling okr-10986-222622021-04-23T14:04:08Z Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile World Bank SANITATION LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION RURAL DIVIDE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION FOOD NEEDS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD SIZE INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE POVERTY LINE REGIONAL PATTERNS POVERTY LEVELS FOOD CONSUMPTION SCHOOLING POVERTY RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS ACCESS TO IRRIGATION REGIONAL LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS CONSUMPTION DATA HOUSING POORER REGIONS NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE EXTREME POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE LOW POVERTY RATES RURAL POPULATION RURAL POOR DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION REGION MATERNAL MORTALITY POVERTY REDUCTION POORER AREAS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL POVERTY RURAL POPULATIONS CROP PRODUCTION FOOD BASKET AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS CASH CROPS FOOD POVERTY LINE HOUSEHOLD HEAD INCOME GROWTH FOOD PRICE INCOME INEQUALITY POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE RURAL PHENOMENON POVERTY INCIDENCE RURAL FARM FARM SIZE REGIONAL PRICE INDEXES REGIONAL PERFORMANCE POORER PEOPLE RURAL DISPARITIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME WELFARE LEVEL POVERTY MAPS URBANIZED REGION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE REGIONAL BREAKDOWN REGIONAL LEVELS FARMERS CHANGES IN POVERTY POVERTY MAP POVERTY PROFILE HOUSEHOLD HEADS REGIONAL POPULATION REGIONAL GROUP RURAL GAP ADEQUATE CALORIES POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL REGIONAL AVERAGE FOREST REGIONS FOOD POVERTY ACCESS TO FACILITIES REDUCTION IN POVERTY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ECOLOGICAL ZONES RURAL AREA WAGE PREMIUM SPATIAL ANALYSIS RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTION GROWTH BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE POVERTY MAPPING REGIONAL PATTERN CONSUMPTION MEASURE AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR NET FOOD CONSUMERS FOOD EXPENDITURE EMPLOYMENT STATUS REGIONAL PRICE IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET DIVERSIFICATION QUALITY OF LIFE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY POVERTY INDICATORS RURAL RESIDENTS WELFARE MEASURES COASTAL REGIONS POVERTY SITUATION REGIONS CORRELATES OF POVERTY LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE EXTREME POVERTY IRRIGATION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION FOOD CROPS ACCESS TO SERVICES ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE RURAL AREAS POVERTY REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REGIONAL AVERAGES INCIDENCE OF POVERTY FOOD CONSUMERS SPATIAL TRENDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECLINE IN POVERTY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT REGIONAL TRENDS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POVERTY RATE INCOME REDISTRIBUTION WELFARE MONITORING WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS POVERTY ASSESSMENT CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA WELFARE MEASURE FOOD PRICES SCHOOL_ATTENDANCE RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONSUMPTION BASKET SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT WAGE EMPLOYMENT CASH FLOW CENTRAL REGION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS RURAL RESIDENCE REGIONAL CONVERGENCE CENTRAL REGIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON Since 1991 the national poverty rate of Ghana has more than halved. The estimated national headcount poverty ratio fell by 31.2 percentage points from 52.6 percent in 1991 to 21.41 percent in 2012. Heterogeneity of poverty outcomes is, however, high both across urban and rural areas and across regions. The robustness of these poverty trends is checked with trends of five correlates: urbanization and rural-urban migration, remittances, asset growth, labor market transformations, and agricultural productivity growth. Urbanization turns out to be highly correlated with poverty reduction. Poverty trends and asset index trends turn out to follow a similar pattern in both urban and rural areas and by regions: asset index increase where poverty decreases. In the report the authors try to understand the drivers of recent decrease in poverty in northern regions. The attention is focused on two different aspects, the agricultural productivity growth and the inflation patterns. In northern regions, there is a generalized increase in production of main food crops and an increase in productivity. To test the contribution of most of these drivers to poverty reduction, the authors estimated unconditional quintile regressions over the 20th, 40th, and 60th percentiles and decomposed the results using the Oaxaca Blinder method. To further strengthen the spatial analysis of poverty the authors constructed a new poverty map based on sixth Ghana living standard survey (GLSS 6) (conducted in 2012-13) in combination with the 2010 census, which was then compared with the 2000 map. This profile focuses on inequalities seen from three different perspectives: consumption inequality, inequalities of opportunities, and polarization. 2015-07-21T14:30:00Z 2015-07-21T14:30:00Z 2015-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24657538/ghana-work-program-fy15-poverty-inequality-profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22262 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Africa Ghana