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dc.contributor.advisorThomas Kalinowski-
dc.contributor.authorBAIDOO, Eunice-
dc.creatorBAIDOO, Eunice-
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-26T12:08:52Z-
dc.date.available2016-08-26T12:08:52Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.otherOAK-000000071787-
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.ewha.ac.kr/handle/2015.oak/189837-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dcollection.ewha.ac.kr/jsp/common/DcLoOrgPer.jsp?sItemId=000000071787-
dc.description.abstractThe study seeks to assess the role of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Ghana’s economic growth and poverty reduction. Poverty incidence increased in Ghana from the early 1980’s to the late 1990’s following the adoption of the Structural Adjustment Program. The cause of poverty and low economic growth has been due to the high unsustainable debts rates owing to the repayments of high interest rate on loans obtained from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The reason being the financial resources intended for projects to reduce poverty were used to service high interest rate loans. As a result pro-poor projects on health, education and job creation were neglected. Poverty rates continued to increase and Ghana’s debts reached an unsustainable limit from the 1980s to the late 1990s.The early 2000s ushered in a new government and leadership. The change in government in 2000 brought in the National Patriotic Party’s government. The NPP reasoned that for Ghana to emerge out of poverty there was the need to adopt the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative: debt relief package which would cancel Ghana’s debt overhang. The HIPC initiative formulated by the WB and IMF in 1996 sought to assist Developing Countries whose debt rates and poverty rates were high after implementing the policies of the SAP. Attached to the HIPC initiative was a precondition for Ghana to draft its own development plan together with all development stakeholders. The drafted plan would take into consideration views and ideas of all development stakeholders. The stakeholders were in consultation with representatives from the WB and IMF who would then approve the development plan and release the HIPC fund to be used for poverty reduction. In light of this the study sought to investigate how the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy used the HIPC funds to reduced poverty. The findings of the study showed that, the government ownership of drafting the GPRS through a participatory approach as claimed by the WB was compromised. Since the drafted plans by Ghanaian stakeholders had to be revised according to the instructions from WB and IMF. The study reasons that the success in poverty reduction in Ghana was achieved due to political leadership of the government in adopting the HIPC initiative in Ghana.;본 논문은 가나의 경제 발전과 빈곤 퇴치에 가나의 빈곤 퇴치 정책(Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy 이하 GPRS)이 어떤 역할을 하였는지 고찰하고, 이에 영향을 미친 가나 정부의 리더십도 함께 살펴보았다. 구조 조정 프로그램(Structural Adjustment Program)이 도입된 1980년 대 초부터 1990년 대 후반까지 가나의 빈곤은 심화 되었는데, 이는 세계은행(World Bank)과 국제통화기금(International Monetary Fund)에 높은 대출 이율을 상환해야 했기 때문이다. 정부의 지출은 보건, 교육, 일자리 창출을 위한 사업보다 대출 상환에 사용되었고, 이는 지속적인 빈곤과 부채의 증가를 낳았다. 2000년에 신애국당(New Patriotic Party)이 집권하면서 빈곤 타계를 위한 방안으로 악성채무빈국(Heavily Indebted Developing Countries) 채무구제 프로그램을 도입하기로 결정하였다. 악성채무빈국 채무구제 프로그램은 세계은행과 국제통화기금이 1996년에 구조조정 도입 후 채무와 빈곤이 증가한 개발도상국을 지원하기 위해 정식화 한 것이다. 가나의 채무구제 프로그램 도입에는 가나의 개발 관계자들이 GPRS에 참여할 것이 전제 되었다. 저자는 채무와 가나의 빈곤에 대한 대응책으로 도입한 GPRS와 채무구제 프로그램이 가나의 빈곤 퇴치에 어떻게 영향을 미쳤는지 고찰 하였다. 도입 당시의 전제와는 달리 가나 내부의 개발 관계자들이 GPRS의 수립에 참여하지는 못했지만, 이러한 사실에 상관없이 GPRS와 채무구제 프로그램의 도입은 가나의 빈곤 퇴치와 경제 발전에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 이에 본 연구는 악성채무빈국 채무구제 프로그램을 도입하여 사회 기본 서비스에 정부 지출을 이끌어 낸 정치적인 리더십을 빈곤 감소와 경제 발전의 원인이라고 결론 짓고 있다.-
dc.description.tableofcontentsI. INTRODUCTION 1 I. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK 6 II.. DATA AND METHODOLOGY 9 A. Data Analysis 10 III. LITERATURE REVIEW 10 A. Structural Adjustment Program And Poverty 10 B. Debt Crisis And Its Effects On Poverty 12 C. Debt Relief and Its Effect on Economic Growth 17 D. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers 19 E. Case Study of GPRS 21 F. Case Study Of GPRS I 22 G. Case Study of GPRS II 25 IV. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS. 27 A. Overview of Ghanas Debt Crisis 30 B. The Impact of HIPC on the Ghanaian economy 33 C. The Impact of the GPRS I on Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction 42 1. Macroeconomic stability 43 2. Implementation Strategies for Macroeconomic Stability 43 3. Challenges in the Implementation of the Macroeconomic Policies 46 4. Production and Gainful Employment 47 5. Implementation Strategies for Production and Gainful Employment 48 6. Challenges in the Implementation of Production and Gainful Employment 52 7. Human Resource Development and Basic Services 54 8. Implementation Strategies for Human Resource Development and Basic Services 59 9. Implementation Strategies for Human Resource and Basic Services 62 10. Challenges in the Implementation of the Human Resource and Basic Services 62 D. The Impact of the GPRS II on the Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Ghana 68 1. Private Sector Competitiveness 69 2. Implementation Strategies for Private Sector Competitiveness 70 3. Challenges in Implementing Strategies for Private Sector Competitiveness. 71 4. Human Resource Development 72 5. Implementation Strategies for Human Resource Development 73 6. Challenges in the Implementation of Human Resource Development 74 7. Good Governance and Civic Responsibility 75 8. Implementation Strategies for Good Governance and Civic Responsibility 76 9. Challenges in the Implementation of Good Governance Strategies 77 V. CONCLUSION 78 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS 79 REFERENCES 82 APPENDIX A: LINK BETWEEN GPRS AND MDGS. 86 APPENDIX B: LETTER OF INVITATION AND CONSENT FORM 87 APPENDIX C: QUESTIONAIRE 90 ABSTRACT IN KOREAN 96-
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dc.languageeng-
dc.publisher이화여자대학교 국제대학원-
dc.subject.ddc300-
dc.titleThe Role of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Ghana-
dc.typeMaster's Thesis-
dc.format.pagex, 97 p.-
dc.identifier.thesisdegreeMaster-
dc.identifier.major국제대학원 국제학과-
dc.date.awarded2012. 8-
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