Resultados de búsqueda - "Ghana"

The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s leather value chain: Lessons for Ghana por McMillan, Margaret S.

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Economic growth and agricultural diversification matters for food and nutrition security in Ghana por Ecker, Olivier, Trinh Tan, Jean-François, Alpuerto, Vida, Diao, Xinshen

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The national health insurance scheme in Ghana: Implementation challenges and proposed solutions por Gajate-Garrido, Gissele, Owusua, Rebecca

“…Healthcare financing through social health insurance has become a very important tool in providing access to and utilization of health services in most developing countries such as Ghana. Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a promising tool for policymakers. …”
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2012 Report: Malawi study tour on agricultural statistics to Ghana and Mozambique por International Food Policy Research Institute

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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Ghana por Nutsukpo, Delali K., Jalloh, Abdulai, Zougmoré, Robert, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S.

“…This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Ghana that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis…”
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Examining relationships between customary and state institutions in Ghana's decentralized system por Belden, Cory

“…Traditional authorities are powerful leaders alongside the state in Ghana. The chieftaincy has been resilient to “modernization”—maintaining land rights, allegiance from citizens, and influence in rural communities. …”
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Irrigation development in Ghana: Past experiences, emerging opportunities, and future directions por Namara, Regassa E., Horowitz, Leah, Nyamadi, Ben, Barry, Boubacar

“…Agriculture has a central socioeconomic position in Ghana. This sector accounts for about 65 percent of the work force, about 40 percent of the gross domestic product, and about 40 percent of foreign currencies acquired through exports. …”
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Managing future oil revenues in Ghana: An assessment of alternative allocation options por Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Schweickert, Rainer, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model is used to simulate the effect of temporary oil revenue inflows to Ghana. The simulations show that beyond the short‐run Dutch disease effects, the relationship between windfall profits, growth, and households’ welfare is less straightforward than what the simple model of the ‘resource curse’ suggests. …”
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Mixed Farming Systems Initiative Ghana Annual Planning Meeting Report por Ziblim, Rashida Chantima, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Ndibalema, Gloriana, Abdul Rahman, N.

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2022 Social Accounting Matrix for Ghana: A Nexus Project SAM por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The 2022 Ghana Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data. …”
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An empirical investigation of short- and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana por Abdulai, Awudu, Delgado, Christopher L.

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Public spending in Ghana: An assessment of national level data (1995 – 2005) por Osei, Robert Darko, Osei-Akoto, Isaac, Quarmine, William, Adiah, George Adayi-Nwoza

“…Ghana’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II; November, 2005) which spans the period 2006 – 2009 intends to shift the strategic focus of the country’s development agenda from the direct anti-poverty objectives of the GPRS I to a more growth-oriented strategy. …”
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Insecticide use on vegetables in Ghana: Would GM seed benefit farmers? por Horna, Daniela, Smale, Melinda, Al-Hassan, Ramatu M., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Timpo, Samuel E.

“…Tomato, cabbage, and garden egg (African eggplant, or Solanum aethiopicum) are important crops for small-scale farmers and migrants in the rural and peri-urban areas of Ghana. Genetic modification has the potential to alleviate poverty through combating yield losses from pests and diseases in these crops, while reducing health risks from application of hazardous chemicals. …”
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Agricultural research in Ghana : priorities, problems and implications for domestic food production. por Nweke, Felix I.

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An empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana por Abdulai, Awudu, Delgado, Christopher L.

“…This paper investigates empirically the factors that influence real agricultural wage rates in Ghana, based on 1957 to 1991 data. The Johansen cointegration framework is used to examine long-run relationships among agricultural and urban wage rates, the domestic terms of trade between agriculture and non-agriculture, urban unemployment, capital stock in agriculture and the size of the rural population. …”
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Land tenure and management of trees: the case of customary land areas of Ghana por Otsuka, Keijiro, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Payongayong, Ellen, Aidoo, J. B.

“…Customary land areas in Western Ghana have been evolving towards individualized ownership. …”
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Dynamics of structural transformation: An empirical characterization in the case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana por Badibanga, Thaddée, Diao, Xinshen, Roe, Terry L., Somwaru, Agapi

“…We apply our measure to four-digit-level SITC trade data of China, Malaysia, and Ghana over the period 1962-2000. The results show that two important factors characterize the rapid transformation of the Chinese economy: the high proximity of its export basket to three main industrial clusters-capital goods, consumer durable goods, and intermediate inputs-and the increase in the values of the new goods belonging to those three clusters. …”
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Managing future oil revenues in Ghana: An assessment of alternative allocation options por Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Schweickert, Rainer, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model is used to simulate the effect of temporary oil revenue inflows to Ghana. The simulations show that beyond the short-run Dutch disease effects, the relationship between windfall profits, growth, and households’ welfare is less straightforward than what the simple model of the “resource curse” suggests. …”
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Potential impact of HPAI on Ghana: a multi-market model analysis por Schmitz, Christoph, Roy, Devesh

“…Like in most African countries, the livestock sector is an important part of the economy in Ghana. At an aggregate level it contributes to about 7 percent of Ghana’s GDP and more than 40 percent to the agricultural GDP (Aning et al. 2008). …”
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Towards functional biosafety regulatory frameworks in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Malawi por Alhassan, Walter S., Cronquist, Catarina, Komen, John, Manda, Alick, Wafula, David, Sengooba, Theresa, Mkoko, Boniface

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