poor families and children during COVID-19, specifically in Ghana, this paper aims to analyse how COVID-19 has affected … children from poor families in Ghana and how welfare institutions can work to provide rapid help to such families. Design … opinion on the issues that children in Ghana might face because of the global public health pandemic. Nonetheless, this …

Purpose – To ascertain customers' usage level and perceptions of the image of rural community banks (RCBs) in Ghana … region of Ghana. Over 170 respondents consisting of 105 males and 65 females co‐operated for this study. Analyses are …/implications – The sample size was limited to only one part of Ghana and may not be entirely representative. Practical implications …

among the informal sector workers of Ghana who are quite vulnerable to various risks in the economy. Design … four major market centers in Accra, Ghana. The probit regression model was used for the empirical investigation. Findings … design of premiums. The government must integrate micro insurance into its poverty reduction program. Originality/value – The …

policies pursued for the past two decades on poverty in agricultural households in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – Two … samples of agricultural households are drawn from the most recently published Ghana Living Standards Survey. Using terms of … still constitute the largest segment of the poor in Ghana. Research limitations/implications – Targeted trade policy …

Purpose – This paper's purpose is to examine the nature and correlates of poverty in Ghana. Design … poverty in Ghana. It looks at poverty within various sectors of an economy by simultaneously examining the issues both from …/methodology/approach – Using the most recently published household living standards survey; the paper computes poverty indicators using the Foster …

environments in rural Ghana and its link with poverty reduction.  …Purpose – The purpose of this research is to show that initiatives to adequately address poverty reduction through the … provision of housing units in rural communities in Ghana have come from both local and offshore resources. However, very little …

development, economic growth and of millennium development goals (MDGs) for poverty reduction, education and health development in …

hand, a major percentage of aid funds earmarked for poverty alleviation is absorbed in paying high salaries to project …

Purpose – The purposes of this paper are to examine the actual conditions of the problems of poverty in rural areas in … Inner Mongolia, to clarify the problems involved in the measure to fight poverty through promotion of dairy farming and to … propose policies for future measures to fight poverty. Design/methodology/approach – Both quantitative and qualitative …

Purpose – Child poverty has become an important issue in social and political agendas. In Portugal, almost 25 per cent … of children are at risk of poverty and the most vulnerable age group. This paper seeks to investigate child poverty in … sociodemographic and economic attributes associated with child poverty in order to design the profile of income‐poor children …