Generally, poverty levels in Ghana have reduced over the past decade. Still, extreme poverty increased from 2.2 million in 2013 to 2.4 million in 2017. This study was conducted to assess the nexus between education and poverty reduction in Ghana. Data from the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GL...
Poverty levels among the post-harvest fisheries sector in Ghana is estimated to be 29%, which although lower than the food and export crops sectors, but still high (NDPC, 2003). Access to detailed data on coastal poverty distribution remains a challenge. The lack of disaggregated data covering...
Using the Northern Region of Ghana as a case study, the causes of poverty among households, how poverty impedes child development, and the available interventions to mitigate the negative effects of poverty on children in the Region were examined. From the research, poverty levels manifested as ...
Poverty among women in Ghana is not limited to only those in the slums but also those rural communities. However, the different dynamics in the two communities accounts for a worse situation experienced by those in the slums. Although women in rural Ghana also face high levels of poverty, ...
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF STREET HAWKING IN ACCRA till old age. These studies further document some of the negative factors that affect street vending to include high levels of personal insecurity particularly in the Uganda, Ghana and Kenya case studies. Due to the informal nature of th....
The failure of the Akosombo Dam project made Ghana lose its position as the richest country in Africa leading its people to poverty. This money should support development projects in relevant sectors for example, building infrastructure, healthcare education and many other useful projects. Corruption...
A recent study reveals that the poorest 10 per cent of the population are unlikely to benefit from public expenditure on either secondary or tertiary levels and shows that not only do the poorest 45 per cent of Ghana's population have no access to tertiary education, they gain none of the ...
Assessing the determinants and drivers of multidimensional energy poverty in Ghana 2019, Energy Policy Show abstract Energy poverty policies and measures in 5 EU countries: A comparative study 2019, Energy and Buildings Show abstract Energy efficient technology adoption in low-income households in the ...
We show that the proportional abundance of vegetation in a neighborhood serves as a key indicator of local levels of health and well-being and that local perceptions of health risk are not always consistent with objective measures. 展开 关键词:...
Inarguably, technology adoption can be taken seriously by increasing the levels of complementary inputs such as credit, extension services and infrastructure. Above all, the fundamental problems of illiteracy, inequality and lack of effective markets must be addressed through increasing the levels of ...