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Scoping Study on the Evolution of Industry in Ghana

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  • Charles Godfred Ackah
  • Charles Adjasi
  • Festus Turkson

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This paper chronicles the evolution of industry in Ghana over the post-independence era from an inward over-protected import substitution industrialization strategy of 1960-83 to an outward liberalized strategy during 1984-2000, and since 2001, to the private sector-led accelerated industrial development strategy based on value-added processing of Ghana's natural resource endowments.

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  • Charles Godfred Ackah & Charles Adjasi & Festus Turkson, 2014. "Scoping Study on the Evolution of Industry in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-075, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. World Bank, 1985. "World Development Report 1985," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 5968.
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    2. Nkechi Owoo & Monica Lambon-Quayefio, 2018. "The role of the construction sector in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series 119, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Luke Emeka Okafor & Mita Bhattacharya & Harry Bloch, 2017. "Imported Intermediates, Absorptive Capacity and Productivity: Evidence from Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(2), pages 369-392, February.
    4. Diao, Xinshen & Fang, Peixun & Magalhaes, Eduardo & Pahl, Stefan & Silver, Jed, 2017. "Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1599, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    5. Diao, Xinshen & Magalhaes, Eduardo & Silver, Jed, 2019. "Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural livelihoods in Ghana," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 141-157.
    6. Nxumalo, Mpumelelo Author-Name: Raju, Dhushyanth, "undated". "Structural Transformation and Labor Market Performance in Ghana," Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides 154568, The World Bank.
    7. William Baah-Boateng & Eric Twum, 2019. "Economic Complexity and Employment for Women and Youth: The Case of Ghana," Working Papers idrcdprughana, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    8. Nkechi Owoo & Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio, 2018. "The role of the construction sector in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-119, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    9. Rashid Maqbool & Mohammed Rayan Saiba & Ayman Altuwaim & Yahya Rashid & Saleha Ashfaq, 2023. "The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(2), pages 893-907, April.
    10. Nkechi S. Owoo & Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio, 2017. "The agro-processing industry and its potential for structural transformation of the Ghanaian economy," WIDER Working Paper Series 009, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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