Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture]
Ghana has experienced persistent growth with a record of positive per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the past 26 years. As a result, the country is bound to become the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving poverty and hu...
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| author | Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Benin, Samuel Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| description | Ghana has experienced persistent growth with a record of positive per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the past 26 years. As a result, the country is bound to become the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving poverty and hunger ahead of the target year 2015. Underlying this success are the country’s significant efforts to build institutions and state capacity. Ghana has become a stable democratic state, as demonstrated in a peaceful transition of power in two consecutive free and fair elections in 2000 and 2008. Governance indicators have been steadily improving over the past years, and in 2007 Ghana ranked ahead of regional averages of Asia, Latin America, and Africa in most important governance indicators, including government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and control of corruption (Kaufmann, Kraay, and Mastruzzi 2009). The country is ranked among the top 10 African countries in terms of freedom of the press and academic freedom (Freedom House 2008). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1539622025-11-06T03:55:31Z Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Benin, Samuel Kolavalli, Shashidhara economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure Ghana has experienced persistent growth with a record of positive per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the past 26 years. As a result, the country is bound to become the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving poverty and hunger ahead of the target year 2015. Underlying this success are the country’s significant efforts to build institutions and state capacity. Ghana has become a stable democratic state, as demonstrated in a peaceful transition of power in two consecutive free and fair elections in 2000 and 2008. Governance indicators have been steadily improving over the past years, and in 2007 Ghana ranked ahead of regional averages of Asia, Latin America, and Africa in most important governance indicators, including government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and control of corruption (Kaufmann, Kraay, and Mastruzzi 2009). The country is ranked among the top 10 African countries in terms of freedom of the press and academic freedom (Freedom House 2008). 2012 2024-10-01T13:58:38Z 2024-10-01T13:58:38Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153962 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Benin, Samuel; Kolavalli, Shashidhara 2012. Ghana. In Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies, ed. Xinshen Diao, James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, and Shenggen Fan. Chapter 6. Pg. 141-164. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153962 |
| spellingShingle | economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Benin, Samuel Kolavalli, Shashidhara Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title | Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_full | Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_fullStr | Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_short | Ghana [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_sort | ghana in strategies and priorities for african agriculture |
| topic | economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure |
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