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The desire for a transformative change in the structure of the Ghanaian economy dates back to the immediate post-independence period. 1 Unfortunately, the pace of structural transformation has been…

27 January 2024 | Book Chapter | Ghana

One essential condition of economic progress in any society is an ample supply of savings, which depends on the growth of real capital. Economists agree that higher investment rates will lead to…

27 January 2024 | Discussion Paper | Ghana

Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently used in Ghana, have become useful in providing quantitative measures of welfare…

27 January 2024 | Discussion Paper | Ghana

Female-owned businesses continue to be smaller and less profitable than male-owned firms. We conduct an RCT in Ghana on a sample of 1,771 growth-oriented female entrepreneurs to investigate the effect…

27 January 2024 | Research Brief | Ghana

Structural transformation in rural spaces in developing economies remains elusive. Although the agricultural sector in Africa has often been viewed as a critical sector with the potential to provide…

27 January 2024 | Research Brief | Ghana

Ghana-s current youth unemployment rate is 19.7%, and the country faces a significant youth unemployment problem. While a range of youth-employment programs have been created over the years, no…

27 January 2024 | Research Brief | Ghana