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Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth: Ghana Case Study
Authors: Ernest Aryeetey, ISSER, University of Ghana and Andrew McKay, University of Bath and ODI
     
     
     
     

Papers from "Economic Development and Northern Ghana" workshop

1. Development in the North - Charles Jebuni

2. Developing Market-Based Strategies for Growth in Northern Ghana - Nii K. Sowa

3. Globalisation, Employment and Poverty in Ghana - Ernest Aryeetey

4. Economic Development and Northern Ghana: Can the Multi-Donor Budgetary Support (MDBS) System Improve Aid Effectiveness in Ghana? - Peter Quartey

5. Review of Performance of Ghanaian Economy in First Half of 2006 - ISSER

6. The State of the Ghanaian Economy Report, 2005 - ISSER

7. Pro-poor Growth in Ghana, and the Prospects in the North - Andy McKay

8. Can the Financial System Serve the Northern Poor? Microfinance and Grants for Community Development - William F. Steel

9. Accessible Information for Development Dialogue

10. The Political Economy of Northern Ghanaian Development : Issues for Discussion - Saa Dittoh

11. Institutional Factors, Growth and Inequality; and Possible Implications for Ghana - Andy McKay

12. Technical Efficiency and Ghanaian Secondary Education - Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong

13. Economic Growth in Northern Ghana

 

Papers from the International Conference on “Shared Growth in Africa” La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana, July 21-22 by ISSER/Cornell/World Bank/DFID/USAID.

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Authors

1

Unemployment in South Africa, 1995 - 2003: Causes, Problems and Policies

Geeta Kingdon & John Knight

2

Analysis of Farmers' Preferences for Development Intervention Programs: A Case Study of Subsistence Farmers from Eastern Ethiopian Highlands

Wagayehu Bekele

3

Socioeconomic Impact of Export Oriented Agricultural Production on Farms in Eastern Ethiopia

Adem Kedir

4

Is Sub-Saharan Africa a Convergence Club?

Johnson Asiama & Maurice Kugler

5

An Inquiry into the Role of Personal Conflict Resolution in Yerer and Daketa Valleys, Eastern Ethiopia

Ayalneh Bogale and Benedikt Korf

6

Stochastic Technology and Crop Production Risk: The Case of Small-Scale Farmers in East Hararghe Zone of Orimya Regional State in Ethiopia

Bekabil Fufa & R. M. Hassan

7

Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015? The Case for a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy

Arne Bigsten & Abebe Shimeles

8

Shared Sectoral Growth: Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Zimbabwe

Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner

9

Why has Burundi Grown so Slowly? The Political Economy of Redistribution

Janvier D. Nkurunziza & Floribert Ngaruko

10

Organisational Culture, Performance and Public Sector Reforms in Africa: The Ghanaian Case

Francis Owusu

11

Local Governance and Resource Allocation

Sagre Bambangi & Al-Hassan Seidu

12

Growth Options and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia - A Spatial Economy-Wide Model Analysis for 2004-2015

Xinshen Diao & Alejandro Nin Pratt

13

How will US Reforms of Settlement Rates Affect Telecom Investments in Africa

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong & John Agyei-Karikari

14

An Analysis of the Impact of HIPC Initiative on Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries: Evidence from Cameroon

Arsena Horore Gideon Nkama

15

Economic Success of Human Development Failure? Development Partners or Development Parasites? The Truth Behind the Truth: Evidence from Uganda

Diego Angemi

16

Public Expenditure and Human Capital in Nigeria: An Autoregressive Model

Michael Adebayo Adebiyi

17

Agricultural Growth, Non-Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from an African Perspective

Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery & Jesper Kuhl

18

Does Oil Corrupt? Theory and Evidence from Natural Experiment in West Africa

Pedro Camarinha Vincente

19

Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth: A Country Case Study of Ghana

Andy McKay & Ernest Aryeetey

20

Characteristics and Determinants of Urban Youth Unemployment in Umuahia, Nigeria: Implications for Rural Development and Alternative Labour Market Variables

Raphael N. Echebiri

21

Structure of Sectoral Decomposition of Aggregate Poverty Changes in Cameroon

Francis Menjo Baye

22

Gender Inequalities and Economic Growth: New Evidence from Cassava-Based Farm Holdings in Rural South-Western Nigeria

Timothy Taiwo Awoyemi

23

Labour Market Flexibility, Wages and Incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s

Francis Teal, Geeta Kingdon & Justin Sandefur

24

Institutional Foundations for Shared Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Machiko Nissanke & Alice Sindzingre

25

Market Structure and Productivity Growth in Ghanaian Cocoa Production

Andrew Zeitlin

26

Does Female Schooling Reduce Fertility? Evidence from Nigeria

Una Okonkwo Osili & Bridget Terry Long

27

Can Africa Achieve Millennium Development Growth Targets Through Effective Negotiations of the Doha Development Mandates?

William A. Amponsah

28

Welfare - Improving Tax Policy REforms: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Nigeria

Abdul-Razaq A. Olopoenia & Alarudeen Aminu

29

Social Exclusion and Insurance Failure for the Poorest: On Informal Finance through Social Networks in Kenya's Smallholder Sector

Heidi Hogset

30

Recent Trends in Growth and Poverty Education in Ghana

Carlos B. Cavalcanti

31

Women Education and Economic Empowerment in Tanzania: A Woman Business Survival Model Analysis

Aurelia N. Kamuzora

32

The Road to Pro-Poor Growth in Zambia: Past Lessons and Future Challenges

James Thurlow

33

The Role of Local Organisations in Risk Management: Some Evidence from Rural Chad

Johannes Jutting & Katinka Weinberger

34

Shared Growth in Ghana: Do Migrant Remittances Have a Role?

Peter Quartey

35

Managing Oil Rent for Shared Growth in Africa

Afeikhena Jerome

36

Agricultural Subsidies Removal in North Countries: What about the Effects in Senegal

Francois Joseph Cabral

37

Achieving Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Governance

Augustin Kwasi Fosu

38

Labour Supply and Demand Constraints on Employment Creation: A Microeconomic

Haroon Bhorat

39

The Relative Inflation Experience of Poor Urban South Africa Households: 1997 - 2002

Morne J. Oosthuizen & Haroon Bhorat

40

Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth: A Case Study of Uganda

John Okidi

41

The Potential for Horticultural Development in a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy for Ghana

Jean-Michel Voisard

42

Natural Resources and Sustainable Growth and Development in Ghana

Daniel Bruce Sarpong

 

 

 


     
     
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