Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation - Past Performance and Future Prospects (Hardcover)

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Many African countries have experienced unprecedented rates of economic growth in recent years, yet their economic transformations display features that could constrain their future growth prospects. Patterns of urbanization without industrialization, rapid growth of low productivity jobs in the informal economy, and a neglected agricultural sector with increased need for important foods are all areas for concern as Africa continues to develop. Using Ghana as a case study, Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects integrates economic and political analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Africa's transformation. It examines Ghana's overall economic performance since it went through a major Structural Adjustment Program in the early 1980s, and provides an in-depth empirical analysis of the broader economy and the agricultural sector over the last four decades. It explains why Ghana has not transformed its economy more substantially, why its agriculture sector has not played a greater role beyond cocoa production, and what must be done in the future to achieve a successful transformation. In addressing these puzzles Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation considers what the rest of the world can learn from Ghana's experience.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2019
Editors:	Xinshen Diao (Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow) • Peter Hazell • Shashidhara Kolavalli (Senior Research Fellow) • Danielle Resnick (Senior Research Fellow)
Dimensions:	241 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-884534-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries
LSN:	0-19-884534-0
Barcode:	9780198845348

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