Experts also say the economy is growing, with poverty reducing, while inequality is increasing, as the gap between the incomes of the poor and the rich is widening.
More than 2.4 million Ghanaians, representing about 8.5 per cent of the population, were living in extreme poverty, according to the Ghana Statistical Service’s (GSS’s) seventh Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS).As Ghana joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Poverty Eradication Day yesterday, its scorecards on poverty reduction and inequality are showing contradictory tales, with more than 2.4 million people living in extreme poverty.