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As
per UNDP human development index of 2003, Ghana is in the Medium
human development category and ranks 129 out of 175 countries.
Over the last decade, Ghana has achieved significant progress
in reducing poverty. Between 1992 and 1999, the incidence of
poverty fell from 52% to about 40% of the population. As pointed
out in the 2003 Human Development Report, Ghana achieved significant
success in improving other human development indicators during
the 1990s. It was one of the countries, which showed a remarkable
rate of reduction in hunger from 35% to 12% of the population.
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Improvements
were also recorded in access to electricity, safe drinking water
and sanitation with the proportion of people with access to improved
sanitation increasing by more than 10 percentage points. There
are however significant sector, geographic and gender disparities
in the current poverty reduction trend. A high incidence of poverty
is still observed among food-crop farmers, most of whom are women.
There is evidence of deepening poverty in the most deprived regions,
particularly the three Northern Regions. The Ghana
Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) is the central policy framework
for the country. Its goal is “ to ensure sustainable and
equitable growth, accelerated poverty reduction and the protection
of the vulnerable and excluded within a decentralized, democratic
environment.” The implementation of the GPRS was initiated
in 2002 and will continue until 2005, when the document will be
revised.
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