Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth
Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining a multi-party democracy, peace and social cohesion to reducing poverty and growing its middle class. Yet, despite 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, the country h...
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| author | Resnick, Danielle Diao, Xinshen Hazell, Peter B. R. Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| description | Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining a multi-party democracy, peace and social cohesion to reducing poverty and growing its middle class. Yet, despite 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, the country has not been able to industrialize and most of the workforce is either trapped in traditional agriculture or low-productivity jobs in the services sector. Agriculture holds the potential to help bring about more sustainable and equitable patterns of growth, but public and private actors will need to adjust course in order to achieve it. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1470822025-03-21T20:39:22Z Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth Resnick, Danielle Diao, Xinshen Hazell, Peter B. R. Kolavalli, Shashidhara supply chains economic growth economic development commodities investment agricultural research employment urbanization agricultural development agro-industrial sector public expenditure governance Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining a multi-party democracy, peace and social cohesion to reducing poverty and growing its middle class. Yet, despite 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, the country has not been able to industrialize and most of the workforce is either trapped in traditional agriculture or low-productivity jobs in the services sector. Agriculture holds the potential to help bring about more sustainable and equitable patterns of growth, but public and private actors will need to adjust course in order to achieve it. 2019-10-08 2024-06-21T09:11:06Z 2024-06-21T09:11:06Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147082 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348 Open Access Resnick, Danielle; Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter B. R.; and Kolavalli, Shashidhara. Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth. AllAfrica. First published online on October 08, 2019. https://allafrica.com/stories/201910080770.html |
| spellingShingle | supply chains economic growth economic development commodities investment agricultural research employment urbanization agricultural development agro-industrial sector public expenditure governance Resnick, Danielle Diao, Xinshen Hazell, Peter B. R. Kolavalli, Shashidhara Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth |
| title | Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth |
| title_full | Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth |
| title_fullStr | Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth |
| title_short | Ghana: Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana's economic growth |
| title_sort | ghana agricultural growth key to spur ghana s economic growth |
| topic | supply chains economic growth economic development commodities investment agricultural research employment urbanization agricultural development agro-industrial sector public expenditure governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147082 |
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