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Nutrition country profile: Republic of Ghana 2009

Year of publication 2009

Pages 52 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Ghana is a small coastal country of West Africa well endowed with natural resources. The population is young and a high proportion is urban. Agriculture, which is still predominantly traditional, plays an important role in the country’s economy and remains the main sector of employment. Over the last years, Ghana has registered robust economic growth. While poverty still has a firm grip on the North, there has been a substantial decline in poverty at national level and the country is on track to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal if the current economic growth rate is sustained.

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