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Poverty and happiness : an examination of the factors influencing happiness among the extreme poor in rural Ghana

Ayerakwa, Hayford M.; Osei, Robert Darko; Osei-Akoto, Isaac - 2015

the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty survey in Ghana, we analyse the factors that influence happiness among the …

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Effects of an education reform on household poverty and inequality : a microsimulation analysis on the free Senior High School policy in Ghana

Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; Osei, Robert Darko - 2018

key determinant of better livelihoods and poverty alleviation. However, in most developing countries education is not … effect of the reform on household poverty and inequality. Analysis is based on the Ghana Microsimulation Model which has the …

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Quantifying the impacts of expanding social protection on efficiency and equity : evidence from a behavioural microsimulation model for Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko; Pirttilä, Jukka; Rattenhuber, Pia - 2017

safety nets reduces poverty, but financing them can increase the tax burden, potentially reducing availability of formal …

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The impact of conditional cash transfer programmes on household work decisions in Ghana

Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah, Eric; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2014

A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …

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Differences in inequality measurement : Ghana case study

Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023

high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared …

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Aid, growth and private capital flows to Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko - 2012

This study provides an analysis of the aid-private capital flows-growth nexus for Ghana. It is premised on the argument that Ghana's new status as a middle income country plus the start of oil production is bound to result in a reduction in ODA inflows in the long term. However in the short to...

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Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko; Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; … - 2020

This study examines the structural transformation-inclusive growth nexus for Ghana. The data cover the post-independence period for Ghana and are phased into three periods: the post-independence period to the start of the economic recovery programme (ERP) and structural adjustment programme...

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