Globalization, trade and poverty in Ghana [electronic resource] / edited by Charles Ackah and Ernest Aryeetey.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Ackah, Charles.

Aryeetey, Ernest, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--Ghana.

Globalization.

Poverty--Ghana.

Poverty.

Ghana--Commerce.

Ghana.

Ghana--Economic conditions.

Ghana--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ottawa [Ont.] : International Development Research Centre ; Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, c2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec :

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The persistence of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in the face of increased globalization and rapid trade liberalization during the past two decades has inspired considerable debate on the impact of globalization, in general, and trade liberalization, in particular, on poverty. ¼ The standard argument is that global trade liberalization would lead to a rise in the incomes of unskilled labour in developing countries. In other words, since developing countries are more likely to have a comparative advantage in producing unskilled labour-intensive goods, one would expect trade reforms in these countries to be inherently pro-poor.However, the experiences of many developing countries, particularly in SSA, have been disappointing and in many cases poverty has increased following trade liberalization. In Ghana, like many other SSA countries, poverty remains the fundamental problem confronting policymakers. Yet, between 1991 and 2006, the headcount index of poverty fell by 23.2 percentage points with the proportion of the population living below the national poverty line falling from 51.7% in 1991/92 to 28.5% in 2005/06. Trade liberalization and resulting export growth have been an important art of the story.The EditorsCharles Ackah, a development economist, is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon. He worked previously with the World Bank in Washington DC.Ernest Aryeetey is a professor of economics and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana and Director of its Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research. He was previously a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.

Contents:

Introduction and overview / Charles Ackah and Ernest Aryeetey

An overview of trade policies and developments in Ghana / Albert Laryea and Sarah Akuoni

Trends in growth, employment and poverty in Ghana / Charles Ackah and William Baah-Boateng

Wage and employment effects of trade liberalization : the case of Ghanaian manufacturing / Charles Ackah, Ernest Aryeetey and Kwadwo Opoku

The effects of trade liberalization on the return to education in Ghana / Charles Ackah, Oliver Morrissey and Simon Appleton

Trade, trade policy and total factor productivity : the case of Ghanaian manufacturing firms / Charles Ackah, Ernest Aryeetey and Oliver Morrissey

The impact of the elimination of trade taxes on poverty and income distribution in Ghana / Vijay Bhasin

Food prices, tax reforms and consumer welfare in Ghana during the 1990s / Charles Ackah and Simon Appleton

The effect of import liberalization on import tariff yield in Ghana / William Gabriel Brafu-Insaidoo and Camara Kwasi Obeng

Cash cropping, gender and household welfare : evidence from Ghana / Charles Ackah and Ernest Aryeetey

The transmission of world commodity prices to domestic markets : household welfare effects in Ghana / Charles Ackah ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-62622-5

9786613938671

1-55250-547-2

OCLC:

813392184