| Description |
This publication presents an up-to-date analysis of the living conditions of Ghanaian households focusing on the poverty patterns and trends since the beginning of the 1990s. The publication is based on the results of the last three rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS), multi-topic household surveys which are designed to provide comprehensive information on living standards. Five rounds of the GLSS have been completed so far, (1987/88, 1988/89, 1991/92, 1998/99 and 2005/06) with each round covering a nationally representative sample of households spread over a period of 12-month.
The report is on three different dimensions of poverty: consumption poverty, lack of access to assets/services and human development. It adds to the policy debate and discussions in Ghana on actions taken to reduce poverty so far and various programmes being implemented to chart the progress towards the attainment of the various goals under the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II) in Ghana and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The comparison of the GLSS data from the previous rounds in 1991/92 and 1998/99 to the most recent round of 2005/06 provides an opportunity to study trends in household well-being over the 15-year period and ensure evidence-based public policy decision-making in the poverty reduction effort. |
