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    Country study: monetary policy and financial sector reform for employment creation and poverty reduction in Ghana

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
    The structure of the financial sector and the implementation of monetary policy directly impact employment.
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    The reality of water provision in urban Africa

    International Policy Network, 2006
    This paper examines water and sanitation delivery in urban settings in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper draws on examples from several African countries including Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Ivory Coast, and Tanzania.
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    HIV/AIDS: the impact on poverty and inequality

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
    The devastating impacts of the global HIV and AIDS epidemic are well documented. In Africa, the disease is compounding the pre-existing problems of chronic poverty, thereby presenting a major obstacle to development. The decline in health status and life-expectancy in many countries is enormous.
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    A new agenda to eradicate poverty in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Over 75 million more Africans lived in poverty at the end of the 1990s than a decade earlier. Increasing aid and reforming trade through international campaigns and donor programmes is not working. The role of the state must be changed if poverty in Africa is to be reduced.
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    Using community conservation to achieve the MDGs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In many places, globalisation, inappropriate policies and malpractices in government and non-government organisations have resulted in the degradation of many ecosystems. Official conservation policies are often failing to stop this decline. Can community-based conservation efforts achieve better results?
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    Liberalised cotton markets in Africa: what could bring success?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Cotton is an important crop for many sub-Saharan African countries. In west Africa the cotton sectors were, until recently, managed as state monopolies, while in southern and eastern Africa they were liberalised around a decade ago. Finding a balance between competition and coordination is central to the success of cotton liberalisation.
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    Capital flows and current account sustainability in African economies

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2005
    This paper attempts to identify the underlying structure of current account deficits in Ghana, and to asses the sustainability of the Ghanaian current account using a multi faceted suite of models and indicators.
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    The myths of the west african gas pipeline

    Friends of the Earth International, 2006
    This document presents and explores what it alledges are myths surrounding the West African Gas Pipeline. The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is a onshore and offshore pipeline that will transport natural gas from gas fields in the western Niger Delta of Nigeria to Benin Republic, Togo and Ghana.
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    Linking school and work in Ghana and Tanzania

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The lack of preparedness of school leavers for the world of work is a long-standing and controversial issue. In countries such as Ghana and Tanzania, where the school system has expanded dramatically post-independence, many young people have faced difficulties finding jobs suited to their skills.
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    The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the experience of Ghana

    Third World Network, 2006
    This study is part of a research project on the impact of globalisation and liberalisation on poor rural producers in developing countries. It takes as a case study the experience of Ghana and its agricultural sector.

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