The Dynamics of Rural Poverty in Ghana and Its AlleviationFAO pub. Consultant report on rural poverty alleviation and rural development in Ghana - examines natural resources and demographic aspects; analyses economic growth trends, 1950 to 1980, (steady state economy, inflation), role of food prices, land tenure, access to agricultural credit and other inputs, income distribution and rural urban disparities, social indicators of the quality of life in rural areas; discusses development policies from 1950 to 1982, obstacles encountered. References and statistical tables. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MAP OF GHANA | 7 |
Demographic Characteristics of the Rural Sector 133 | 13 |
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Acreage agricultural sector annual Aseefa Ashanti Bank Brong Ahafo Region Cassava Census cent centres Chapter cocoa farmers cocoa industry cocoa producers commodity Consumer Price Index crops cultivation decentralization Decile declined Development Plan distribution of income earnings Economic Survey Economy of Ghana estimated Expenditure export prices farms fertility food prices foreign exchange Ghanaian Gini coefficient Government Greater Accra Region Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate Guinea Corn Health important income distribution increased indicated inequality inflation inputs Inter-Regional Migration Ivory Coast kilometre Labour Force land Limann Government Maize manufacturing million Nigeria output percent population post-WCARRD period price of cocoa programme projects rainfall ratio Rice rose rural and urban rural areas rural development rural poverty rural sector rural-urban Savanna shown in Table Source spraying machines square kilometres STATISTICAL APPENDIX strategy supply tonnes Total under-nourished Upper Region urban areas urban sector village Volta Region WCARRD