Work doesn’t always mean well-being: How sector of employment shapes poverty in Ghana
Even as Ghana’s overall poverty numbers show modest improvement — with the national multidimensional poverty rate falling from 24.9 per ...
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Ghana’s struggle with poor living conditions despite poverty decline
Ghana has made impressive gains in reducing poverty over the past three decades. But beneath the progress lies a troubling ...
Ghana’s growing inequality – a nation split between haves and have-nots
Ghana is reducing poverty, but not for everyone. By the third quarter of 2025, the country’s multidimensional poverty rate had ...
What it really means to be multidimensionally poor in Ghana
For decades, the global standard for measuring poverty was really simple. It was basically the question of how much money ...
‘Charlie! Marriage is cheaper’: GSS data shows cohabiting households are poorer
If you’re young and cohabiting, Ghana’s latest poverty data has a blunt message: living together without marriage carries the highest ...
Big regions, big burden: Ashanti and Eastern regions top Ghana’s poverty numbers
Ashanti and Eastern regions recorded the highest number of multidimensionally poor people in Ghana, with more than one million affected ...
Ghana ends 2025 with inflation at 5.4%
Ghana’s inflation rate closed 2025 at 5.4%, continuing its downward trend for a 12th consecutive month, down from 6.3% recorded ...
Three in four children unregistered in some districts – GSS Report
Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that despite progress in health, nutrition, and sanitation at the national level, ...
From 23% to 6%: Ghana’s 2025 inflation slowdown, the context and economic signals
Ghana was in a full-blown economic crisis when it sought an IMF bailout in July 2022. It was a combination ...
Ghana’s inflation drops to 6.3% in November, lowest since 2021 rebasing
Ghana’s inflation rate continued its steady decline in November 2025, falling to 6.3%—the lowest level since the 2021 rebasing of ...
GSS: Nearly half of women face domestic violence at district level
The Central Region has emerged as Ghana’s domestic-violence hotspot, recording the highest prevalence of physical violence at 44.6%, followed by ...
Are Ghanaian institutions becoming more inclusive? Citizens say ‘yes’ but not equally
One of the most encouraging findings from the Ghana Statistical Service’s Governance Series Wave 2 report is the marked improvement ...
Bribery is falling in Ghana — but ‘Appreciation Payments’ are quietly replacing it
Ghana is recording a decline in bribery, but a different and equally worrying culture is quietly emerging to replace it: ...
Bribery declines, but informal payments still burden businesses – GSS Report
Bribery in Ghana is on the decline, but informal payments continue to impose significant costs on businesses. According to the ...
Togo tops Ghana’s outbound travel spending; 25 to 44 year-olds lead foreign trips
Ghanaian travelers spent the most money in Togo in 2023, confirming the country’s status as Ghana’s top short-haul destination for ...
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