Poverty reduction strategies in action : perspectives and lessons from Ghana / edited by Joe Amoako-Tuffour and Bartholomew Armah.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amoako-Tuffour, Joe.

Armah, Bartholomew K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Ghana.

Poverty.

Ghana.

Ghana--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Ghana--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xxi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]

Summary:

Since the inception of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, the story of the design and implementation of poverty alleviation strategies has largely been told through the filters of development partners and the Bretton Woods Institutions. Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action examines the efforts in Ghana to reduce poverty and initiate changes that the country believes are essential to ensure a prosperous future for its citizens in the twenty-first century. It chronicles the achievements, pitfalls, and looming challenges of a government, its people, and its external partners in fashioning out and implementing antipoverty and pro-growth policies. This edited volume by a group of independent researchers examines Ghana's experience: what was done, how it was done, what was left undone, the lessons learned, and in doing so fills the void in the development literature.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Poverty Reduction in Ghana / Joe Amoako-Tuffour, Bartholomew Armah 1

Part 1 Poverty, Inequality, and Reform Approaches

2 The Evolution of Poverty in Ghana: 1960-2000 / Joe Amoako-Tuffour 17

3 The North-South Divide and the Disappearing Middle Class: An Analysis of Spatial Inequality and Polarization in Ghana / Jacqueline Vanderpuye-Orgle 49

4 From SAPs to PRSPs: A Tale of Two Paradigms or Simply a Tale? / Bartholomew Armah 73

Part 2 Designing, Implementing, Financing, and Monitoring the GPRS

5 Public Consultations, Bureaucrats and Development Partners in Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy / Joe Amoako-Tuffour 95

6 Linking Poverty Reduction Strategies to the Budget / Bartholomew Armah 119

7 Towards an Architecture for the Delivery of International Development Assistance / Joe Amoako-Tuffour 139

8 Monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategies / Bartholomew Armah 163

Part 3 Special Topics in Poverty Reduction

9 Decentralization, Poverty Reduction, and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy / Felix A. Asante, Joseph R. A. Ayee 183

10 Tackling Child Poverty in Ghana / Abena D. Oduro, Isaac Osei-Akoto 205

11 Employment Generation for Poverty Alleviation / William Baah-Boateng 223

12 Informal Sector Activities and Urban Poverty in Ghana: Patterns and Poverty Policy Options / Joe Amoako-Tuffour, Harry A. Sackey 243

13 Achieving Gender Equity in Ghana: How Useful is the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy? / Abena D. Oduro 271

14 Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Reduction in Ghana / Daniel K. Twerefou, Eric Osei-Assibey 295

Part 4 Lessons and the Way Forward

15 Conclusions and Policy Lessons: The Next Generation of Poverty Reduction Strategies / Bartholomew Armah, Joe Amoako-Tuffour 315

Appendix Ghana's Progress towards Achieving the MDGs (2004) 331.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739110102

0739110101

OCLC:

173243851