Poverty and Regional Inequality in Ghana: A Review

Eric Bondzie, Gabriel Obed Fosu and Ernest Obu-Cann

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Abstract: Poverty is one of the most familiar and enduring conditions known to humanity. Some researchers view it as a reaction to the stress of being poor, whereas others perceive it as a process of adapting to the condition of poverty. In this paper, we review the regional Poverty and Inequality disparities in Ghana. We concluded that, the annual cash income concept is a poor indicator of the lifetime resources and hence, consumption may not fully reflect a family’s true well-being.

Keywords: Poverty Inequality; Gin coefficient; Generalized Entropy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I32 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-11
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