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Heights and development in a Cash-Crop Colony: Living standards in Ghana, 1870-1980

Alexander Moradi, Gareth Austin and Jörg Baten

No 325, Working Papers from Economic Research Southern Africa

Abstract: While Ghana is a classic case of economic growth in an agricultural†export colony, scholars have queried whether it was sustained, and how far its benefits were widely distributed, socially and regionally. Using height as a measure of human well†being we explore the evolution of living standards and regional inequality in Ghana from 1870 to 1980. […]

Keywords: Africa; Colonial history; Economic History; food security; health; Household Survey; Social welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I32 N37 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-01-01
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