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Effects of Rising Food and Oil Prices on Rural Households in Ghana: A Case Study of Selected Communities in the Dangme West District Using the CBMS Approach

DLSU Business & Economics Review

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Title Effects of Rising Food and Oil Prices on Rural Households in Ghana: A Case Study of Selected Communities in the Dangme West District Using the CBMS Approach
 
Creator Asante, Felix A; University of Ghana, Legon
Tagoe, Cynthia A; University of Ghana, Legon
Boakye, Alfred A; University of Ghana, Legon
 
Subject Economics
Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS); commodity prices; price level changes, cost of living
 
Description This study sought to examine the effects of rising food and oil prices on rural households inGhana in relation to their food, access to healthcare and education, changes in their worksituations, their financial management practices, and their recreational and leisure practicesusing three selected communities in the Dangme West district of the Greater Accra region –Dodowa, Ningo, and Prampram. A total of 300 households were interviewed. The householdswere divided concerning the issue of whether their standard of living was better, worse or hadremained the same. In general, households that indicated they were worse off currently thanthey were last year slightly outnumbered those who had seen improvements in their lives.Keywords: Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS); commodity prices; price levelchanges, cost of livingDOI: 10.3860/ber.v20i1.1668DLSU Business & Economics Review 20.1 (2010), pp. 47-63
 
Publisher De La Salle University
 
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Date 2010-07-26
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/BER/article/view/1668
10.3860/ber.v20i1.1668
 
Source DLSU Business & Economics Review; Vol 20, No 1 (2010); 47-63
 
Language en
 
Coverage Ghana