Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action

Perspectives and Lessons from Ghana
Herausgeber: Amoako-Tuffour, Joe; Armah, Bartholomew

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the efforts of Ghana to reduce poverty and initiate changes that it believes are essential to ensure a prosperous future for its citizens in the 21st century. It chronicles the achievements, pitfalls, and looming challenges of a government, its people, and its external partners in fashioning out and implementing anti-poverty and pro-growth policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 746g
• ISBN-13: 9780739110102
• ISBN-10: 0739110101
• Artikelnr.: 23412305

Autorenporträt

Edited by Joe Amoako-Tuffour and Bartholomew Armah - Contributions by Jacqueline Vanderpuye-Orgle; Felix Asante; Joseph R.A. Ayee; Abena Oduro; Osei Akoto; William Baah-Boateng; Harry A. Sackey; Daniel K. Twerefou and Osei Asibey

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I. Poverty, Inequality, and Reform Approaches Chapter 2 Chapter
1. Introduction: Poverty Reduction in Ghana Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The
Evolution of Poverty in Ghana: 1960-2000 Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The
North-South Divide and the Disappearing Middle-Class: An Analysis of
Spatial Inequality and Polarization in Ghana Chapter 5 Chapter 4. From SAPs
to PRSPs: A Tale of Two Paradigms or Simply a Tale? Part 6 Part II.
Designing, Implementing, Financing, and Monitoring the GPRS Chapter 7
Chapter 5. Public Consultations, the Role of Civil Servants, and
Development Partners in Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy Chapter 8
Chapter 6. Linking Poverty Reduction Strategies to the Budget Chapter 9
Chapter 7. Towards an Architecture for the Delivery of International
Development Assistance Chapter 10 Chapter 8. Monitoring Poverty Reduction
Strategies Part 11 Part III. Special Topics in Poverty Reduction Chapter 12
Chapter 9. Decentralization, Poverty Reduction, and the Ghana Poverty
Reduction Strategy Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Tackling Child Poverty in Ghana
Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Employment Generation for Poverty Alleviation
Chapter 15 Chapter 12. Informal Sector Activities and Urban Poverty in
Ghana: Patterns and Poverty Policy Options Chapter 16 Chapter 13. Achieving
Gender Equity in Ghana: How Useful is the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy?
Chapter 17 Chapter 14. Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Reduction
in Ghana Part 18 Part IV. Lessons and What Next Chapter 19 Chapter 15.
Conclusions and Policy Lessons: The Next Generation of Poverty Reduction
Strategies