Ghana - Meeting the Challenge of Accelerated and Shared Growth : Country Economic Memorandum, Volume 3. Background papers

Ghana - Meeting the Challenge of Accelerated and Shared Growth : Country Economic Memorandum, Volume 3. Background papers

Ghana 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 Memor...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Economic Memorandum
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ASSET POVERTY AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS BRAIN DRAIN CASH CROP CASH CROP INCOME CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD LABOUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CORRELATES OF POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL DATA ISSUES DEBT RELIEF DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPENDENCY RATIOS DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DROP IN POVERTY ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTABILITY ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLMENT RATES ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL SHOCKS FARMER FEEDER ROADS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD BASKET FOOD CROPS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREST AREAS FUTURE GROWTH GINI INDEX GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATES HEAD COUNT INDEX HEALTH FACILITIES HIGH GROWTH HIGH INFLATION HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY WILL INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LAND TENURE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY MEDIUM TERM MIDDLE EAST MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NORTH AFRICA OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INCOMES POOR LIVING POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SHARE POPULATION SHIFT POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS POVERTY TARGET PRIMARY EDUCATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPENDING RATE OF GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATE REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE PRICES REMITTANCES RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL ASSET RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DIVIDE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SANITATION SCHOOLING SECONDARY ENROLMENTS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT SERVICE PROVIDER SHARP REDUCTION SPOUSES SQUARED POVERTY GAP STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES TELEVISION TV UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VULNERABILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WATER RESOURCES WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8900512/ghana-country-economic-memorandum-meeting-challenge-accelerated-shared-growth-vol-3-3-background-papers-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7662

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Summary:	Ghana 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.

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