01604nam a22001577a 4500008004100000020001800041050001400059100002200073245010300095260004500198300003200243500002000275505111800295650001501413700001801428140403b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789988626822  aHC1060.A9  aAryeetey, Ernest.  aThe economy of Ghana: analytical perspectives on stability, growth and poverty. /cErnest Aryeetey  aGhana:bWoeli Publishing Service,c2008.  aviii, 416 p.:bill.;c23cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: Ghana's economy at half century: an overview of stability, growth and poverty -- What drives change in Ghana? -- Ghana's post-independence economic growth 1960-2000 -- Persistent public sector  deficits & macroeconomic instability in Ghana -- Effects of exchange-rate volatility & changes in macroeconomic fundamentals on economic growth in Ghana -- Ghana's exchange-rate reform & its impact on balance of trade -- Export performance & investment behaviour of firms in Ghana -- Household savings in Ghana: does policy matter? -- Banking competition & efficiency in Ghana -- Rural & microfinance regulation in Ghana: implications for development of the industry -- Ghana census-based poverty map: district & sub-district level results -- Budget implementation & Poverty reduction in Ghana -- Does inflation in Ghana hit the poor harder? -- Understanding poverty in Ghana: risk & vulnerability -- Decentralization & poverty reduction -- Technical efficiency in Ghanaian secondary education -- Maternal literacy & numeracy skills & child health in Ghana -- Health-care provision & self-medication in Ghana.  aEconomics.  aKanbur, Ravi.