Ghana
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| Ghana | |
 Flag of Ghana | |
| Population (In Millions) | 24.97 |
| Human Development Index | 135/169 |
| Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank) | 39.20 |
| Global Peace Index | 42/153 |
| Happy Planet Index | 100/143 |
| Social Institutions and Gender Index | 50/86 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 109/163 |
| Child Mortality Rate | 51.8 |
| More information on variables | |
Geography
Main Progress Initiatives
Center for Sustainable Development Initiatives (CENSUDI)
The Center for Sustainable Development Initiatives (CENSUDI) ia a national non-profit gender advocacy organization founded in 1994. The CENSUDI works with communities and organizations on gender inequality in Ghana and develops strategies to strengthen women's participation in decision-making and promotes women's leaderships and their position within households, communities and organizations.
The Medium-term national policy Framework of Ghana (2010-2013), produced by the National Development Planning Commission in 2010 seeks to achieve per capita income of more than USD 3000 by 2020 and the targets set in the Millennium Development Goals. The document emphasises the importance of sound management of natural resources and the environment for attaining these goals. Following the discovery of important oil reserves in Ghana in recent years, the framework aims to ensure that the practices of the oil and gas industry are consistent with international standards of environmental sustainability. Natural gas utilisation will become a central part of every oil production project.”[1]
Quality of Life
Multidimensional Poverty Index
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for Ghana is 0.144. The MPI is an international measure of acute poverty covering 109 countries. The MPI reflects the multiple deprivations that poor people face at the same time in three dimensions: health, education and living standards. The MPI reflects both the incidence or headcount ratio (H) of poverty – the proportion of the population that is multidimensionally poor – and the average intensity (A) of their poverty – the average proportion of indicators in which poor people are deprived. More information on the MPI in Ghana is available here.
UNDP Human Development Report Trends - 2010
The HDI represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income. According to the UNDP's 2011 Internal Human Development Indicators, Ghana's HDI is 0.541, which gives the country a rank of 135 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of Sub-Saharan Africa as a region increased from 0.365 in 1980 to 0.463 today, placing Ghana above the regional average[2].
Ghana’s HDI increased from 0.385 to 0.541 between 1980 and 2011, an increase of 40.0 per cent or average annual increase of about 1.1 per cent [3].
Ghana's HDI breaks down as follow:
- Health: 0.698 (life expectancy at birth being 64.2 years)
- Education: 0.574 (mean years of schooling at 7.1)
- Income: 0.396 (GNI per capita-2005 PPP$- 1,584$)[4].
The full report can be downloaded there: [4]
Jobs and Earnings
Civic Engagement and Governance
Official Statistics
Happiness in Ghana
This is an overview of findings on Happiness in Ghana.The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Ghana[5]. This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.
Peace in Ghana
Ghana is ranked as the third most peaceful country in Africa after Botswana and Malawi, according to [the 2011 Global Peace Index [5]published by the Institute of Economics and Peace [6] in the United States. It ranks 42 on the world scale. The report defines conflict as a contest between two parties, of which one is a government, and which results in more than 25 battle deaths a year. Congo, Sudan and Somalia were ranked as among the lowest in the world rating, with Somalia as the most violent country on the planet at 153th place, replacing Iraq at the bottom of the last year’s list. Congo, at 148th place was just behind the Russian Federation at 147th place.
Development Progress Story: Ghana's sustained agricultural growth: putting underused resources to work
Ghana's progress in sustained agricultural growth has been highlighted as a part of the Overseas Development Institute's Development Progress Stories, an initiative looking at what is working in development and why.Key messages from the research include:
- With agricultural growth averaging more than 5% a year during the past 25 years, Ghana is ranked among the top five performers in the world. This has contributed to major reductions in poverty and malnutrition, and Ghana will achieve MDG 1 before 2015.
- Economic reforms since 1983 have played a major role in creating the conditions for private investment, driving growth in the cocoa sector in particular. Political leadership has been key to this, supported by a working partnership between government and donors.
- Having raised food production per capita by more than 80% since the early 1980s, Ghana is largely self-sufficient in staples, owing in part to large increases in cassava and yam production as well as improved varieties.
The full report, case studies and graphics can be viewed and downloaded here.
References
- ↑ Government of Ghana. Medium-term national development policy framework: Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda.[1]
- ↑ United Nations Developmnt Program. 2011 International Human Development Indicators. Ghana.http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/GHA.html
- ↑ Human Development Report 2011. Sustainability and Equity:A Better Future for All. Ghana. http://hdrstats.undp.org/images/explanations/GHA.pdf
- ↑ Human Development Report 2011. Sustainability and Equity:A Better Future for All. Ghana. http://hdrstats.undp.org/images/explanations/GHA.pdf
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
