Ghana country assistance review

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No AccessIndependent Evaluation Group Studies1 Feb 2013Ghana country assistance reviewA study in development effectivenessAuthors/Editors: Robert P. ArmstrongRobert P. Armstronghttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-3465-4SectionsAboutPDF (0.5 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This country assistance review (CAR) on Ghana is the first in a new series of OED studies. These studies will, for each country concerned, evaluate the relevance and efficacy of the Bank's overall country assistance strategy and the effectiveness of the various instruments of Bank assistance, with a view to drawing lessons from expreience. Ghana was selected for the study in part because of its sustained adjustment and resumed growth. Poverty in Ghana has decreased and the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate has averaged nearly 5 percent over the past decade - higher than in any African country except Botswana and Mauritius. At the same time, there remain questions regarding the extent, depth, and sustainability of Ghana's economic recovery. The study cautions that progress will not be sustained unless Ghana speeds up implementation of a large unfinished agenda of reforms designed to stimulate private sector development and enhance the prospects for sustainable agricultural growth. Accordingly, the Bank's country assistance strategy will give central importance to the nexus of declining agricultural productivity, high population growth, and environmental degradation, as well as to economic governance and institutional development issues. Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByCocoa Production under Ghana's Structural Adjustment Programs: A Study of Rural FarmersProgress in Adjustment in Ghana: Is Growth Sustainable? 1A New Deal for Cameroon's Forests?Civic Engagement in Public Policy Making: Fad or Reality in Ghana?Politics & Policy, Vol.41, No.15 March 2013The Politics of Public Policy in GhanaJournal of Developing Societies, Vol.27, No.1Hitting the Target: Doubling Primary School Enrollments in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2015World Development, Vol.30, No.7Populist Reform Coalitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana's Triple AllianceCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Vol.36, No.230 October 2013Structural adjustment programs and housing affordability in Accra, GhanaThe Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien, Vol.45, No.4The 'uses and abuses' of civil society in AfricaReview of African Political Economy, Vol.28, No.87INCENTIVES EMBEDDED IN INSTITUTIONS: THE CASE OF SHARE CONTRACTS IN GHANAIAN COCOA PRODUCTIONThe Developing Economies, Vol.38, No.36 March 2007Ghana's non-traditional export sector: expectations, achievements and policy issuesGeoforum, Vol.31, No.3'With a little bit of luck…' Coping with adjustment in urban Ghana, 1975–90Africa, Vol.69, No.37 December 2011Public budgeting and financial management in sub-saharan africa: a critical surveyJournal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol.10, No.2BibliographieCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Vol.31, No.3 View Published: January 1996ISBN: 978-0-8213-3465-2 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsAfricaRelated TopicsMacroeconomics and Economic Growth KeywordsECONOMIC GROWTHGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTMACROECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC REFORMPRIVATE SECTORENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION PDF DownloadLoading ...

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