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  "title": "Ghana: Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, July 11, 2024",
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  "summary": "This paper presents Ghana’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy. The vision of the Agenda For Jobs II (2022–2025) is to create an optimistic, self-confident and prosperous nation, through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources, and operating within a democratic, open and fair",
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    {
      "heading": "Vision and strategic focus",
      "content": "- The vision of the Agenda For Jobs II (2022–2025) is \"to create an optimistic, self-confident and prosperous nation, through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources, and operating within a democratic, open and fair society in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all.\""
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    {
      "heading": "Key economic structure and statistics",
      "content": "- Services sector share of gross domestic product (GDP): 47.9 percent in 2020; 48.2 percent in 2019; 47.0 percent in 2018.\n- Industry share of GDP: 31.6 percent in 2020; 33.2 percent in 2019; 33.5 percent in 2018.\n- Agriculture contribution to GDP: 20.5 percent in 2020; 18.5 percent in 2019; 19.5 percent in 2018."
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    {
      "heading": "Major challenges identified",
      "content": "- Proliferation of slums driven by increased rural–urban migration.\n- Poor sanitation and noise pollution.\n- Weak enforcement of environmental and mining laws and regulations, leading to:\n  - Increased illegal mining.\n  - Forest degradation.\n  - Water pollution."
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      "heading": "Implications for policy and priorities",
      "content": "- Preserve and leverage the stated Agenda For Jobs II (2022–2025) vision as the guiding framework for poverty reduction and growth policies.\n- Address urbanization pressures by integrating housing, sanitation, and urban planning to limit slum proliferation.\n- Strengthen enforcement of environmental and mining laws and regulations to curb illegal mining, forest degradation, and water pollution.\n- Prioritize interventions that support the services and agriculture sectors given their significant shares of GDP and recent dynamics.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. African Dept. \"Ghana: Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2024, 214 (2024), accessed 9/10/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400282850.002\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Ghana: Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy; IMF Country Report No. 24/214; June 13, 2024\n  - Ghana: Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy; IMF Country Report No. 24/214; June 13, 2024 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Ghana: Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy; IMF Country Report No. 24/214; June 13, 2024 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 11, 2024",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400282850.002",
    "The vision of the Agenda For Jobs II (2022–2025) is \"to create an optimistic, self-confident and prosperous nation, through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources, and operating within a democratic, open and fair society in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all.\"",
    "Services sector share of gross domestic product (GDP): 47.9 percent in 2020; 48.2 percent in 2019; 47.0 percent in 2018.",
    "Industry share of GDP: 31.6 percent in 2020; 33.2 percent in 2019; 33.5 percent in 2018.",
    "Agriculture contribution to GDP: 20.5 percent in 2020; 18.5 percent in 2019; 19.5 percent in 2018.",
    "Proliferation of slums driven by increased rural–urban migration.",
    "Poor sanitation and noise pollution.",
    "Weak enforcement of environmental and mining laws and regulations, leading to:",
    "Preserve and leverage the stated Agenda For Jobs II (2022–2025) vision as the guiding framework for poverty reduction and growth policies.",
    "Address urbanization pressures by integrating housing, sanitation, and urban planning to limit slum proliferation.",
    "Strengthen enforcement of environmental and mining laws and regulations to curb illegal mining, forest degradation, and water pollution.",
    "Prioritize interventions that support the services and agriculture sectors given their significant shares of GDP and recent dynamics.",
    "**Ghana: Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy; IMF Country Report No. 24/214; June 13, 2024**"
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