ABSTRACT

The study aims a re-examination of the poverty situation in Ghana using the Alkire-Foster multidimensional poverty framework. Using cross-sectional data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS7) collected on 14,009 households, the results revealed that multidimensional poverty was higher for the Northern belt followed by the Middle belt and then the Coastal belt. The results further indicated that different socioeconomic and supply-side factors significantly affect multidimensional poverty in different locations of the country. The heterogeneous effect of socio-economic variables on multidimensional poverty across belts implies that designing “best-fits” policy strategy may be more effective than “one size fits all” policy strategy.

摘要

该研究旨在使用 Alkire-Foster 多维贫困框架重新审视加纳的贫困状况。使用从加纳生活标准调查 (GLSS7) 收集的 14,009 个家庭的横截面数据，结果显示北部带的多维贫困率较高，其次是中部带，然后是沿海带。结果进一步表明，不同的社会经济和供给侧因素显着影响该国不同地区的多维贫困。社会经济变量对跨带多维贫困的异质效应意味着设计“最适合”的政策策略可能比“一刀切”的政策策略更有效。