Public Agenda (Accra)
11 August 2008
About 40% of the estimated 20.7 Ghanaians live below the poverty line. Seventy percent of the classified poor live in rural areas where there is limited access to basic social services, less developed infrastructure and few opportunities for employment.
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WHAT IS THEIR DEFINITION OF POVERTY? USING STATISTICS WHAT IS THEIR POVERTY LINE? WHO DEFINED THAT LINE? ARE THEY USING INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS? I WANT THE RESEARCHER(S) TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. MANY IF NOT MOST PEOPLE IN GHANA ARE EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE AND SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT RICH BUT THEY ARE POOR EITHER. LET'S TELL ALL WHO WILL HEAR THAT OVER 40% OF PEOPLE IN GHANA IS NOT POOR.