Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter?
This paper explores disparities in local public service provision between decentralized districts in Ghana using district and household level data. The results show that districts' geography plays a major role in shaping disparities in access to local public services in Ghana. The findings also sugg...
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| author | Akramov, Kamiljon T. Asante, Felix Ankomah |
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| description | This paper explores disparities in local public service provision between decentralized districts in Ghana using district and household level data. The results show that districts' geography plays a major role in shaping disparities in access to local public services in Ghana. The findings also suggest that ethnic diversity has significant negative impact on access to local public services, including drinking water. This negative impact is significantly higher in rural areas. However, the negative impact of ethnic diversity in access to local public services, including drinking water, decreases as average literacy level increases. The paper relates these results to the literature and discusses policy implications. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1614942025-11-06T05:01:12Z Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? Akramov, Kamiljon T. Asante, Felix Ankomah public services rural development infrastructure geography ethnic groups This paper explores disparities in local public service provision between decentralized districts in Ghana using district and household level data. The results show that districts' geography plays a major role in shaping disparities in access to local public services in Ghana. The findings also suggest that ethnic diversity has significant negative impact on access to local public services, including drinking water. This negative impact is significantly higher in rural areas. However, the negative impact of ethnic diversity in access to local public services, including drinking water, decreases as average literacy level increases. The paper relates these results to the literature and discusses policy implications. 2008 2024-11-21T09:56:05Z 2024-11-21T09:56:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161494 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Asante, Felix Ankomah. 2008. Decentralization and local public services in Ghana. GSSP Working Paper 16. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161494 |
| spellingShingle | public services rural development infrastructure geography ethnic groups Akramov, Kamiljon T. Asante, Felix Ankomah Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? |
| title | Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? |
| title_full | Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? |
| title_fullStr | Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? |
| title_short | Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? |
| title_sort | decentralization and local public services in ghana do geography and ethnic diversity matter |
| topic | public services rural development infrastructure geography ethnic groups |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161494 |
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