Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Jobs Matter for Ghana -- Challenges and Constraints to Expanding Job Opportunities -- Priorities and Possible Solutions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 1 The Context for Job Creation in Ghana -- Main Messages -- The Ghana Success Story: Two Decades of High Growth and Significant Poverty Reduction -- New Challenges: Less Inclusive Growth and Macroeconomic Imbalances -- Growing Working-Age Population and Significant Urbanization -- Labor Productivity and Job Creation in Ghana: Quality versus Quantity of Jobs -- Notes