Ghana's tax system. This model (called GHATAX) uses micro-level data on household incomes and characteristics from the Ghana … Living Standard Survey (GLSS) and macro-data based on the structure of Ghana's economy from Ghana's Social Accounting Matrix … (SAM) in order to estimate the distributional effects of the main elements of Ghana's direct and indirect tax systems, such …

remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To … variations in migration networks and remittances among various ethno-religious groups in Ghana. The paper finds that both … internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the …

This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the … 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as … ; Ghana …

rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The first-order dominance methodology was used to examine five dimensions of … income poverty are imperative for different locations in Ghana. …

Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since …