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Ethnic structure, inequality and governance of the public sector in ghana
Asante, Richard Gyimah-Boadi, E.
Asante, Richard
Gyimah-Boadi, E.
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"Even though no part of Ghana is ethnically homogeneous, an overriding feature of the county’s ethnic polarization is the north–south divide and the dominance of the southern half of Ghana in general, and in particular by the Akan group. This segment of Ghanaian society has enjoyed relative economic and political dominance in both the colonial and post-colonial times. In addition, there has been a divide in Ghanaian politics between the populist and the elite strands in society and between the rural and urban populations. The north–south flow of migration is emblematic of the ethno-regional inequalities that have developed in Ghana since colonial times when infrastructural development and productive projects had been concentrated in the south and left the north relatively underdeveloped. It is therefore not surprising that post-independent regimes concerned about the cleavage of the inequality problems in Ghana have adopted various policies and programmes to level the field of opportunities and to address the imbalance in both the economic and political fields (Ghana Human Development Report 1997)."(pg 2)
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2004
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