Poverty, inequality and stagnation: the Ghanaian experience

Assefa Bequele.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on ruralpoverty (low income), economic disparity and steady state economy trends in Ghana - covers the evolution of per capita income from 1950 to 1975 in Africa South of Sahara in relation to economic growth, inequalities in land ownership, income distribution and consumer expenditure between rural areas and urban areas, and the role of cocoa prices and export volume in the creation of stagnation in food production. Graphs, references and statistical tables.

Keywords: poverty; low income.; economic disparity; steady state economy.; trend; income; economic growth; land ownership; income distribution; consumer expenditure; rural area; urban area; cocoa; price; export volume.; food production; statistical table; pauvreté; faible revenu; disparité économique; économie stationnaire; tendance; pobreza; bajos ingresos; desigualdad económica; economía estacionaria; tendencia; revenu; croissance économique; propriété foncière; répartition du revenu; dépenses de consommation; zone rurale; zone urbaine; cacao; prix; volume des exportations; production alimentaire; tableau statistique; ingreso; crecimiento económico; propiedad de la tierra; distribución del ingreso; gasto de consumo; zona rural; zona urbana; cacao; precio; volumen de exportaciones; producción alimentaria; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69 P. pages
Date: 1980
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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