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Subnational Structures, Poverty Reduction and Rural Development Under Ghana’s Local Governance System

In: Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development

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  • David Forkuor

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

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Over the years, a plethora of published and unpublished works on various components of decentralization have been undertaken by researchers and policy makers as a way of deepening the process in Ghana. This chapter examines the impact of subnational structures (SNS) on rural development in Ghana and exposes empirical challenges mitigating against the expected poverty reduction and rural development gains of decentralization. It argues that strengthening SNS is a prerequisite for effective rural development and poverty reduction. Fundamental questions addressed in this chapter include: How adequate are the authority, responsibility and resource capacity of SNSs to enable them to fulfil their poverty reduction and rural development mandate? How prominent is rural development in the plans of the SNS? How is participation embedded in the overall development agenda of SNSs?

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  • David Forkuor, 2022. "Subnational Structures, Poverty Reduction and Rural Development Under Ghana’s Local Governance System," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei & Samuel Adu-Gyamfi (ed.), Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development, pages 137-151, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-031-12378-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12378-8_8
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