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 empirical results show that districts' geographic locations play a major role in shaping disparities in access to local public services in Ghana. M...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2009
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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 empirical results show that districts' geographic locations play a major role in shaping disparities in access to local public services in Ghana. Most importantly, the findings suggest that ethnic diversity has significant negative impact in determining 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 (drinking water) decreases as average literacy level increases. The paper relates the results to literature and discusses policy implications of main findings. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1618502025-11-06T05:37:51Z Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter? Akramov, Kamiljon T. Asante, Felix Ankomah decentralization public services ethnic groups geography development policies water This paper explores disparities in local public service provision between decentralized districts in Ghana using district- and household-level data. The empirical results show that districts' geographic locations play a major role in shaping disparities in access to local public services in Ghana. Most importantly, the findings suggest that ethnic diversity has significant negative impact in determining 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 (drinking water) decreases as average literacy level increases. The paper relates the results to literature and discusses policy implications of main findings. 2009 2024-11-21T09:58:48Z 2024-11-21T09:58:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161850 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Asante, Felix Ankomah. 2009. Decentralization and local public services in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 872. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161850 |
| spellingShingle | decentralization public services ethnic groups geography development policies water 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 | decentralization public services ethnic groups geography development policies water |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161850 |
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