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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Autores principales: Resnick, Danielle, Diao, Xinshen, Hazell, Peter B. R., Kolavalli, Shashidhara
Formato: Opinion Piece
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147082
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author Resnick, Danielle
Diao, Xinshen
Hazell, Peter B. R.
Kolavalli, Shashidhara
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Hazell, Peter B. R.
Kolavalli, Shashidhara
Resnick, Danielle
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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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