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Managing the Macroeconomy in an Oil Rich Country
The discovery of commercial quantities of oil and gas off the coast of Ghana in June 2008 has given rise to high expectations and optimism for improved prospects for rapid economic development and poverty reduction. However, there have been public concerns for the proper management of the increased foreign exchange inflows and the transparent use and fair distribution of...
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Imperfect Information and School Choice in Ghana
This study identifies and analyses how information influences school choice by students in Ghana. It explores why lessprivileged students do not apply moreaggressively and, in particular, whether a lack of information is responsible for this disparity. Ghana, like many other countries across the world, has a centralised application system for admission to secondary school...
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Private Sector Development and Governance in Ghana
This study will examine the drivers of change in the quality of governance in a developing country like Ghana. While the literature has pointed out a number of potential determinants of change, such as democracy, press freedom, leadership, or technical assistance, we are particularly interested in state-business relations. Obviously, good governance has a positive impact on...
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Natural Resources, Institutions and FDI
This paper examines the interaction between foreign direct investment (FDI), natural resources and institutions. The paper answers three questions: (i) Do natural resources crowd out FDI - i.e., is there an FDI-natural resource curse?; (ii) Do institutions mitigate the adverse effect of natural resources on FDI? (iii) Can institutions completely neutralise the FDI-natural...
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Culture and incentives: A cross-country field experiment
Recent survey evidence shows that the most profitable and productive firms tend to adopt personnel policies that link pay to performance and that firms in low-income countries are less likely to use these “good” human resources management practices. Incentive pay is a key component of management strategy, and yet field evidence on the impacts of both individual and team...
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Gold mining and living standards in Ghanaian households
The objective of this project is to contribute to the debate about the local economic effects of natural resources. We focus on the case gold mining in Ghana and address the following questions: What is the effect of mining on living conditions of regional and local communities? Which are the main drivers of the observed effects? The Ghanaian case offers an...
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Returns to Education
Evidence suggests that despite completion of secondary schooling, students in Ghana are not gaining basic skills important for their future success (Anamuah-Mensah, 2011). Furthermore, relatively little information about the quality of secondary school and its relationship to student outcomes currently exists. While policymakers and educators conjecture about the...
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Public Financial Management and the Efficiency of Public Spending
The discovery of commercial quantities of oil and gas off the coast of Ghana in June 2008 has given rise to high expectations and optimism for improved prospects for rapid economic development and poverty reduction. However, there have been public concerns for the proper management of the increased foreign exchange inflows and the transparent use and fair distribution of...
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Agricultural Financing and Credit Constraints: The Role of Middlemen in Marketing and Credit Outcomes in Ghana
Agriculture is the main stay in many African countries and the majority are subsistence farmers with low income. Similarly, the poor in Ghana are mostly found in rural areas and agriculture forms the mainstay of these economic agents. Despite the contribution of agriculture to the national economy, the incidence of poverty is reported to be highest amongst food crop...
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Impact of fair trade certification on rural livelihoods
Cocoa farming plays a critical economic and social role in Ghana. Cocoa is the country’s second most important export and provides income to a large segment of the Ghanaian population. But the cocoa sector has been afflicted with continuing problems, including declining productivity, crop damage from pests and disease, persistent poverty among farming communities, health...