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consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level …
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changes in consumption in Ghana in the 1990s. It is argued that household consumption can act as an opportunity measure of … averages of welfare change are presented. In Ghana is has been argued that poverty fell based on a consumption measure of …. Doing this for Ghana over the period of the 1990s reveals that while on average per capita consumption rose across all …
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consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605176
reduction in their economic vulnerability. In this paper it is shown that over a period in Ghana when measured poverty declined …
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. To do such we employ a simple test of employer learning on Ghana manufacturing data. We find no evidence of educational …
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and trade openness are key drivers of growth in Ghana. Inflation has been found not to be a robust determinant of long run … economic growth in Ghana. With the exception of inflation and trade openness, all the other regressors have positive impact on …
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Ghana has the lowest under-five mortality rate in West Africa. Understanding why Ghana’s child mortality rate is lower … health. This paper explores whether Ghana’s lower mortality rate is mostly a result of greater household wealth, better … examine relative child mortality risk between Ghana and each of its three immediate neighbors -- Burkina Faso, Côte d …
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We examine the role of early childhood health in human capital accumulation. Using a unique data set from Ghana with …
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the case of newly found oil in Ghana we develop a multi-sector intertemporal general equilibrium model with endogenous …-term structural effects can indeed impede Asian-style economic transformation in Ghana (and other resource rich countries). We also …
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the case of newly found oil in Ghana we develop a multi-sector intertemporal general equilibrium model with endogenous …-term structural effects can indeed impede Asian-style economic transformation in Ghana (and other resource rich countries). We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785251