TY - JOUR
T1 - Household Welfare Effects of Agricultural Productivity
T2 - A Multidimensional Perspective from Ghana
AU - Dzanku, Fred M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/9/2
Y1 - 2015/9/2
N2 - Abstract: Although poverty reduction policies in developing countries hinge on the link between smallholder productivity and welfare, micro level empirical evidence on this is limited in sub-Saharan Africa and neglects the multidimensionality of welfare. This article contributes through investigating the productivity-poverty relationship using a number of welfare measures with a three-period panel dataset for Ghana. The findings are that welfare is increasing with labour productivity irrespective of the measure used, but that dramatic increases in productivity would be required to achieve meaningful poverty reduction.
AB - Abstract: Although poverty reduction policies in developing countries hinge on the link between smallholder productivity and welfare, micro level empirical evidence on this is limited in sub-Saharan Africa and neglects the multidimensionality of welfare. This article contributes through investigating the productivity-poverty relationship using a number of welfare measures with a three-period panel dataset for Ghana. The findings are that welfare is increasing with labour productivity irrespective of the measure used, but that dramatic increases in productivity would be required to achieve meaningful poverty reduction.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2015.1010153
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2015.1010153
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941742494
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 51
SP - 1139
EP - 1154
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 9
ER -