An almost accidental by-product of the enhanced HIPC initiative, the process of producing poverty reduction strategy … papers represents at least potentially a non-trivial change in the way international finance interacts with poverty reduction … Partnership with Africa (SPA) that considers early experiences with PRSPs in eight African countries: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi …

for the foreseeable future be, a potent force of economic development in SSA at large, and in Ghana in particular. Relying …

case of Ghana and applying to Uganda as a prospective exporter. The paper proceeds in two steps. First, we construct a … Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model of a primary commodity exporting developing country calibrated to Ghana … over 2001 to 2019 to estimate the response to oil shocks as an importer for both countries and as an exporter for Ghana …

We employ unique survey data collected in 2016 in two urban areas in Ghana – Accra and Tema – to examine gender and …

The study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in …% of men face time constraints. Women's time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into … determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time …

This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …

climate change on achieving pro-poor economic growth in Africa. Predicated on poverty-inequality-climate analysis, the …

needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …