Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action

Perspectives and Lessons from Ghana

Contributions by Jacqueline Vanderpuye-Orgle, Felix Asante, Joseph R.A. Ayee, Abena Oduro, Osei Akoto, William Baah-Boateng, Harry A. Sackey, Daniel K. Twerefou, Osei Asibey Edited by Joe Amoako-Tuffour, Bartholomew Armah

Publication date:

24 December 2007

Length of book:

366 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

250x161mm
6x10"

Since the inception of the 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 it believes are essential to ensure a prosperous future for its citizens in the 21st century. It chronicles the achievements, pitfalls, and looming challenges of a government, its people, and its external partners in fashioning out and implementing anti-poverty 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 fills the void in the development literature.

Part 1 Part I. Poverty, Inequality, and Reform Approaches
Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Introduction: Poverty Reduction in Ghana
Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Evolution of Poverty in Ghana: 1960-2000
Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The North-South Divide and the Disappearing Middle-Class: An Analysis of Spatial Inequality and Polarization in Ghana
Chapter 5 Chapter 4. From SAPs to PRSPs: A Tale of Two Paradigms or Simply a Tale?
Part 6 Part II. Designing, Implementing, Financing, and Monitoring the GPRS
Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Public Consultations, the Role of Civil Servants, and Development Partners in Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Linking Poverty Reduction Strategies to the Budget
Chapter 9 Chapter 7. Towards an Architecture for the Delivery of International Development Assistance
Chapter 10 Chapter 8. Monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategies
Part 11 Part III. Special Topics in Poverty Reduction
Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Decentralization, Poverty Reduction, and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy
Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Tackling Child Poverty in Ghana
Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Employment Generation for Poverty Alleviation
Chapter 15 Chapter 12. Informal Sector Activities and Urban Poverty in Ghana: Patterns and Poverty Policy Options
Chapter 16 Chapter 13. Achieving Gender Equity in Ghana: How Useful is the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy?
Chapter 17 Chapter 14. Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Reduction in Ghana
Part 18 Part IV. Lessons and What Next
Chapter 19 Chapter 15. Conclusions and Policy Lessons: The Next Generation of Poverty Reduction Strategies