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Naidoo, Pranushka
Measuring Recent Changes in South African Inequality and Poverty Using 1996 and 2001 Census Data
October 2005
Leibbrandt, Murray, Laura Poswell, Pranushka Naidoo, Matthew Welch
and Ingrid Woolard
The paper analyses poverty and inequality changes in South Africa for the
period 1996 to 2001 using Census data. To gain a broader picture of wellbeing
in South Africa, both income-based and access-based measurement approaches
are employed. At the national level, findings from the income-based approach
show that inequality has unambiguously increased from 1996 to 2001. As
regards population group inequality, within-group inequality has increased;
while between-group inequality has decreased (inequality has also increased in
each province and across the rural/urban divide). The poverty analysis reveals
that poverty has worsened in the nation, particularly for Africans. Provincially,
the Eastern Cape and Limpopo have the highest poverty rates while the Western
Cape and Gauteng have the lowest poverty rates. Poverty differs across the
urban-rural divide with rural areas being relatively worse off than urban areas.
However, due to the large extent of rural-urban migration, the proportion of the
poor in rural areas is declining. The access-based approach focuses on type of
dwelling, access to water, energy for lighting, energy for cooking, sanitation
and refuse removal. The data reveal significant improvements in these access
measures between 1996 and 2001. The proportion of households occupying
traditional dwellings has decreased while the proportion of households
occupying formal dwellings has risen slightly (approximately two-thirds of
households occupy formal dwellings). Access to basic services has improved,
especially with regard to access to electricity for lighting and access to
telephones. On a provincial level, Limpopo and the Eastern Cape display the
poorest performance in terms of access to basic services. The paper concludes
by contrasting the measured changes in well being that emerge from the income
and access approaches. While income measures show worsening well being via increases in income poverty and inequality, access measures show that well
being in South Africa has improved in a number of important dimensions.
In Poverty and Policy in Post Apartheid South Africa, edited by Haroon Bhorat and Ravi Kanbur. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press, 2006.
Nambiro, Elizabeth
Decentralization and Access to Agricultural Extension Services
in Kenya
October 2005
Nambiro, Elizabeth, John Omiti, and Lawrence Mugunieri
The form and content of decentralization has dominated development discourse and public
sector reform agenda in Kenya in the last two decades. The case of agricultural extension
service presents decentralization in a difficult context partly due to lack of information on its
possible diverse impacts especially on resource poor farmers. This paper explores the effect
of decentralization of agricultural extension on access, accountability and empowerment, and
efficiency of delivering services to farmers. Secondary data, participatory research methods
and primary data from a random sample of 250 farmers were used. Data was analyzed using
descriptive statistics, multivariate analysis and logistic regression.
The results show that there is improved access to extension services with increasing level of
decentralization. Farmers from areas with higher decentralized extension also showed
enhanced level of awareness of different channels for delivery of extension services. This
improved knowledge, being an important component of empowerment of the farming
community, resulted from the increase of service providers, who displayed synergy in their
multiple methods of operation. Public delivery channels were the most affordable and were
also ranked first for quality. Income, literacy levels, distance from towns and access to
telephone significantly influenced access to extension services. Gender of the household-head
was a key determinant for seeking out extension services in areas with high concentration of
agricultural activities.
For a pluralistic system to work, there is need to for better co-ordination between the various
groups. Although there is evidence of partnership and synergy between service providers,
there appeared to be little effective co-ordination of the groups involved. The government,
and other stakeholders should work towards developing a strong institutional framework that
will guide and enhance this mutually beneficial partnership.
Martha A. Nathan
Is Settling Good for Pastoralists? The Effects of Pastoral Sedentarization on Children’s Nutrition, Growth, and Health Among
Rendille and Ariaal of Marsabit District, Northern Kenya
June 2006
Fratkin, Elliot, Martha A. Nathan, and Eric A. Roth
The settling of formerly mobile pastoral populations is occurring rapidly throughout East
Africa. Pastoral sedentarization has been encouraged by international development
agencies and national governments to alleviate problems of food insecurity, health care
delivery, and national integration. However, it has not been demonstrated that
abandoning the pastoral way of life, and particularly access to livestock products, has
been beneficial to the health and well-being of pastoral populations.
This paper reports the results of a three-year study of pastoral and settled Rendille and
Ariaal (mixed Samburu/Rendille) communities in Marsabit District northern Kenya,
which compares levels of child malnutrition and illness between five different Rendille
communities, ranging from purely pastoral to agricultural and urban communities.
Analysis of bimonthly dietary recalls, anthropometric measurements, morbidity data, and
economic differentiation and specialization among 202 mothers and their 488 children
under age 9 reveals large differences in the growth patterns and morbidity of nomadic vs.
settled children. In particular, age-specific height and weight measurements for the
nomadic pastoral community are significantly higher than same-aged measurements of
children from the sedentary villages. Furthermore, women and especially pregnant
women showed higher levels of malnutrition in the settled communities. Both women
and children showed higher rates of respiratory and diarrheal morbidity in settled versus
nomadic communities, although malaria rates were uniformly higher in lowland
communities than in the highlands.
Differences in child growth are attributed mainly to better nutrition, and particularly
access to camel’s milk within the nomadic communities. The striking decrease in
diarrheal and respiratory diseases for the nomadic children vs. settled children coupled
with the findings of a relative decrease in malnutrition and stunting indicate an
unexpected edge for health and growth of nomadic Rendille children.
The policy implications of our findings are significant. Although pastoralism is not an
option for everyone living in dry regions like northern Kenya, the decrease in diarrheal
and respiratory illness and for pastoralist children, and the higher levels of stunting in
settled children from pastoral populations, should be part of decisions affecting social,
economic, and health policy for pastoral regions. Presented at the Policy Research Conference on
“Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa,”
held in Nairobi, Kenya, June 27-28, 2006.
Ndenge, Godfrey K.
Poverty Mapping: The Case of Kenya
March 2004
Anthony K.M. Kilele and
Godfrey K. Ndenge Kenya like many other developing countries is currently refocusing its development policies
towards poverty reduction. The emphasis on poverty reduction is primarily a response to the
fact that, despite many efforts to improve the well being of the poor in the past, the majority of
the people still live in poverty. Hence, finding ways to reduce poverty and inequality in
Kenya is a huge challenge facing both local and national policy decision makers.
Poverty is a multi-faceted problem and its levels tend to vary considerably over space.
Thus, providing information on the spatial heterogeneity of poverty can greatly assist
anyone trying to tackle the challenge of identifying who the poor are? Where they
live? And what causes their poverty? Presented at the KIPPRA-Cornell-SAGA Workshop on "Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Poverty Analysis," March 11, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
Negatu, Workneh
‘Moving in Place’: Drought and Poverty Dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia
February 2006
Little, Peter D., Priscilla Stone, Tewodaj Mogues, Peter Castro, and Workneh Negatu
This article discusses the impact of drought on poverty dynamics in the South Wollo area of northeastern Ethiopia. Using both survey and anthropological/qualitative data covering a six-year period, the paper assesses which households were able to hold on to assets and recover from the 1999-2000 drought and which were not. It suggests that while the incidence of poverty changed very little during 1997 to 2003 despite the occurrence of a major drought, the fortunes of the poorest improved, but not enough to keep them from poverty. The study concludes by asking how current policies affect patterns of poverty and inequality and what might be done to improve welfare in South Wollo.
In Journal of Development Studies 42(2):200-225, 2006
In Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa, Christopher Barrett, Peter Little, Michael Carter (eds.), Routledge, 2007.
Ngaruko, Floribert
Why Has Burundi Grown So Slowly?
The Political Economy of Redistribution
June 2005
Janvier D. Nkurunziza and Floribert Ngaruko
This study analyses Burundi’s economic performance over the period 1960-2000 and finds that it has been
catastrophic. The usual economic factors determining growth are endogenous to political objectives, suggesting
that politics explains the dismal performance. This finding limits the relevance of textbook models of growth
relying on the assumption of a competitive resource allocation environment. When cronies rather than qualified
managers are running the economy, when priority is given to investment projects in function of their location
rather than the objective needs of the economy, economic models lose their explanatory power. Economic
performance has been shaped by the occurrence of violent conflicts caused by factions fighting for the control
of the state and its rents. The capture of rents by a small group has become the overarching objective of the
governments that have ruled the country since the mid-1960s. In this regard, economic performance will not
improve unless the political system is modernised from a dictatorial regime playing a zero-sum game to a more
democratic and accountable regime. It would be naïve to advocate economic reforms as a way of boosting the
country’s economy if they are not preceded or at least accompanied by political reforms. One central message
of this study is that Burundi’s growth failure is the result of specific identifiable factors evolving around
governance. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with Burundi: Development failure may be reversed if the
problems identified in this study are properly addressed. Presented at the International Conference on "Shared Growth in Africa," July 21-22, 2005,
Accra, Ghana
Niang, Birahim Bouna
Les dépenses publiques d’éducation sont elles pro
pauvres? Analyse et Application au cas du Sénégal
November 2005
Niang, Birahim Bouna
La lutte contre la pauvreté constitue aujourd’hui une des principales priorités
des pouvoirs publics des pays d’Afrique au Sud du Sahara et des partenaires
au développement qui apportent leur soutien à cette région du monde. Le
Sénégal n’est pas une exception à cette règle. La volonté de faire reculer la
pauvreté apparaît àtravers la structure des dépenses publiques qui est
caractérisée par un arbitrage en faveur des secteurs sociaux notamment
l’éducation. En effet, les dépenses d’éducation représentent le premier poste
du budget de l’Etat alors que les dépenses sociales représentent près du tiers
des dépenses totales... Paper prepared for the Regional Conference on “Education in West Africa: Constraints and Opportunities” in Dakar, Senegal, November 1-2, 2005
Nissanke, Machiko
Institutional Foundations for Shared Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 2005
Machiko Nissanke and Alice Sindzingre
The paper examines the dynamically evolving triangular relationships between institutions, growth and
inequality in the process of economic development, in order to deepen the understanding on institutional
conditions for pro-poor growth and shared growth. In this specific context, the paper discusses the
institutional conditions found in Sub-Saharan Africa, which may have produced the growth pattern that are
unequal and against the poor. The analysis shows that Sub-Saharan African countries require transforming
institutions for embarking upon and sustaining a development path which would ensure shared growth in
years to come. The paper first evaluates the growth-inequality-poverty nexus, as found in the recent literature,
which increasingly challenges the trade-off between growth and equity, as postulated in the traditional
theories. Various definitions of pro-poor growth are discussed and a sharper definition of the concept of
‘shared’ growth is provided. Definitions of institutions are then examined, as well as the triangular interrelationships
between institutions, inequality and poverty. The paper finally analyses specific institutional
conditions found in Sub-Saharan Africa that prevent economies from emerging out of low-equilibrium
poverty traps that are characterised by low economic growth, unequal distribution of income and wealth as
well as unequal access to resources and power. Presented at the International Conference on "Shared Growth in Africa," July 21-22, 2005,
Accra, Ghana
Njeru, Enos H. N.
Bridging the Qualitative-Quantitative Methods of Poverty Analysis
March 2004
Enos H.N. Njeru Poverty is primarily a social problem. As such it requires meticulous definition,
identification of constituent parameters and verifiable and measurable indicators. The
constituent parameters should essentially single out the major causal factors. Knowledge
of the latter, in effect, serves as good basis for identification of perceived solutions and
methodologies to guide implementation of the proposed remedial strategies.
Presented at the KIPPRA-Cornell-SAGA Workshop on "Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Poverty Analysis," March 11, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
Nkama, Arsene Honore Gideon
An Analysis of the Impact of HIPC
Initiative on Poverty Alleviation in
Developing Countries: Evidence from
Cameroon
June 2005
Arsene Honore Gideon Nkama
After independence in 1960, Cameroon’s real economic growth was optimistic. Growth
averaged 6 per cent during the 65-86 with agriculture being the main source of growth.
When oil production started by the end of the 70s, Cameroon experienced a boom period.
Its external resources balance that was negative in 1977 became positive. Gross domestic
investment increased from 21% of GDP in 1977 to more than 30% in 1986. GDP per
capita increased at about 4 percent during the 65-86. The boom period led to traditional
growth sectors carelessness so their productivity declined. Public enterprises created
during this period were highly inefficient. The banking system became very dependent on
oil revenue as well as on government deposits…. Presented at the International Conference on "Shared Growth in Africa," July 21-22, 2005,
Accra, Ghana
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise
Earning and Learning in the Rural Area of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Inquiry into the Cocoa Sector
November 2005
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise
The challenge of a child labor policy is to remove children away from work and toward
schooling. To this end, there is a need to better understand the reality of the interplay
between work and schooling as well as household’s behavior with respect to child’s time
allocation. This paper investigates child labor issue in the cocoa sector in Cote d’Ivoire,
with the aim to identify determinant factors that can help to design a multi-angle policy
approach towards the elimination of child labor.
The present study is based on a survey done in 2002, over a representative sample of
more than 11000 cocoa-households’ members. The paper presents model, which portrays
the child labor decision as a three-stage sequential process.
Study reveals that child labor’s contribution in cocoa farm as well as non-enrollment in
school are considerable. More, numerous children are involved in potentially dangerous
and/or injurious tasks.
Results of econometric analysis using sequential probit model show that child
Characteristics, parent characteristic as well as household characteristics are all pertinent
in explaining the child work/schooling outcome in the cocoa sector of Cote d’Ivoire.
Confirming the need of a multi-angled policy approach towards the elimination of child
labor. The important variables highlight in this study should be taken into consideration
in efforts to design an array of policy instruments to promote good development of
children in the cocoa sector. Paper prepared for the Regional Conference on “Education in West Africa: Constraints and Opportunities” in Dakar, Senegal, November 1-2, 2005
Nkedianye, D.
Livelihood Choices and Returns among Agro-Pastoralists in Southern Kenya
June 2006
Radeny, M., D. Nkedianye, P. Kristjanson, and M. Herrero
This article addresses livelihood choices and income diversification strategies among
agro-pastoralists and pastoralists in southern Kenya, and the factors influencing the
returns to the diverse livelihood strategies being pursued. We explore how variability
in income and wealth levels across households can be explained by household-level
versus geographic factors. We find that household livestock asset levels, education
level, landholdings, and diversification of household income sources can largely
explain how well households are doing. Geographic factors such as distance to the
nearest town, permanent water source, and Nairobi National Park, as well as pasture
potential also matter in some cases, but relatively little compared to household-level
factors. Investments in livestock remain key to how well households are doing and in
some cases appear to be driving livelihood diversification strategies that keep them
from falling into poverty. While relatively few households are yet receiving wildlife
conservation-related income, for those that are, it is a more lucrative option than
cropping, from which very few are earning positive returns. This information can
contribute to more evidence-based decision making occurring across pastoral areas
and inform policy decisions regarding conservation of wildlife and poverty reduction
strategies. Presented at the Policy Research Conference on
“Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa,”
held in Nairobi, Kenya, June 27-28, 2006.
Nkurunziza, Janvier D.
Why Has Burundi Grown So Slowly?
The Political Economy of Redistribution
June 2005
Janvier D. Nkurunziza and Floribert Ngaruko
This study analyses Burundi’s economic performance over the period 1960-2000 and finds that it has been
catastrophic. The usual economic factors determining growth are endogenous to political objectives, suggesting
that politics explains the dismal performance. This finding limits the relevance of textbook models of growth
relying on the assumption of a competitive resource allocation environment. When cronies rather than qualified
managers are running the economy, when priority is given to investment projects in function of their location
rather than the objective needs of the economy, economic models lose their explanatory power. Economic
performance has been shaped by the occurrence of violent conflicts caused by factions fighting for the control
of the state and its rents. The capture of rents by a small group has become the overarching objective of the
governments that have ruled the country since the mid-1960s. In this regard, economic performance will not
improve unless the political system is modernised from a dictatorial regime playing a zero-sum game to a more
democratic and accountable regime. It would be naïve to advocate economic reforms as a way of boosting the
country’s economy if they are not preceded or at least accompanied by political reforms. One central message
of this study is that Burundi’s growth failure is the result of specific identifiable factors evolving around
governance. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with Burundi: Development failure may be reversed if the
problems identified in this study are properly addressed. Presented at the International Conference on "Shared Growth in Africa," July 21-22, 2005,
Accra, Ghana
Nordman, Christophe
La dimension économique de l’efficacité externe de l’éducation en
Afrique de l’Ouest
November 2005
Duret, Elsa, Mathias Kuepie, Christophe Nordman, and François Roubaud
Les analyses ciblant l’efficacité externe1 des systèmes éducatifs s’intéressent à l’influence
de l’éducation reçue par les individus après qu’ils sont sortis des écoles et établissements de
formation pour mener à bien leur vie d’adulte au sein de la société. Ces effets sont de deux
ordres, économiques dans un sens étroit, sociaux dans une conception plus large, et peuvent être
lus à travers deux dimensions complémentaires : individuelle d’une part, collective d’autre part.
Le croisement de ces deux perspectives offre un tableau synthétique des différentes analyses qui
peuvent être conduites dans ce domaine... Paper prepared for the Regional Conference on “Education in West Africa: Constraints and Opportunities” in Dakar, Senegal, November 1-2, 2005
Noumba, Issidor
Are wealthier nations healthier nations? A panel data approach to the determination of human development in Africa
October 2004
Issidor Noumba Many authors did not expect a bright future for the sub-Saharan African countries at
the outset of independence in the 1960s. Today, when we look at the African economic, social,
and political indicators, we notice that these authors were right. African countries continue to
tail the list of developing countries as far as human development is concerned. Poverty is
endemic in the region, HIV/AIDS and traditional infectious diseases constitute a serious
threat to African health status. Life expectancy at birth is very low and HIV/AIDS prevalence
very high.
Assuming that health status indicators are good proxies of human development, this
paper intends to answer the following queries: (i) What is the extent of health disparities in
Africa? (ii) Are wealthier African nations healthier nations? (iii) What are the main
determinants of the health status in Africa. The incipient renewal of concern for poverty and
equity in health leads us also to ask ourselves whether income inequality and inequality in
health status are significant determinants of health outcomes.
A simple descriptive statistics analysis show that health status seems to vary not only
across countries, but also according to the level of economic development. The paradox story
is that wealthier African nations are not necessarily healthier nations. We use the
econometrics of panel data to estimate one version of the traditional production function of
the health services. The results of our estimates show that GNP per capita is an important
determinant of health outcome. Wealthier nations are not always healthier nations, but wealth
(income) matters for health. Income inequality and inequality in health status are also
strongly correlated with the health status indicators. At the end of the day, the study show that
income and inequalities are important determinants of human development in Africa. Presented at the DPRU-TIPS-Cornell University Forum on "African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage," October 13-15, 2004,
Cape Town, South Africa
Nsowah-Nuamah, N. N. N.
Healthcare Provision and Self Medication in Ghana
October 2004
G. J. M. van den Boom, N. N. N. Nsowah-Nuamah and G. B. Overbosch Self-medication is predominant in Ghana, where one out of four lives outside a 15 km radius of a doctor.
The cost of visiting a doctor is almost $10, one third of monthly per capita expense, as compared to $1.5
for self-medication. Simulated utilization patterns indicate that higher densities (doctors within 15 km)
and more insurance (flat rate tax covering half of the health expense) could raise demand for doctors by
15-20%. The poor though continue to rely on self-medication. Medicines that are affordable and of
certified quality could thus play a key supplementary role in health sector development. In Ernest Aryeetey and Ravi Kanbur (editors), The Economy of Ghana: Analytical Perspectives on Stability, Growth and Poverty, James Currey, 2008. Presented at the ISSER-University of Ghana-Cornell University International Conference on "Ghana at the Half Century," July 18-20, 2004, Accra, Ghana
Nyamwaro, S.O.
Conflict Minimizing Strategies on Natural Resource Management and Use: The Case for Managing and Coping with Conflicts between Wildlife and Agropastoral Production Resources in Transmara District, Kenya
June 2006
Nyamwaro, S.O., G.A. Murilla, M.O.K. Mochabo and K.B. Wanjala
It is now well known that a large proportion (up to 90%) of the wildlife population is not
contained within the designated areas (the national parks and game reserves) in Kenya. The
wildlife thus coexists and interacts with humans and livestock. Research was initiated in
Transmara district of Kenya to identify and document factors contributing to competition for and
conflicts over management and use of wildlife interactions with agro-pastoral production
resources. The research was aimed at finding out: (a) causes leading to competition for and
conflicts over multiple land uses, (b) whether the policy on Wildlife Compensation Schemes* is
necessary and sufficient, (c) extent of losses incurred and benefits received by local communities
due to wildlife interactions, and (d) how the conflicts are managed. Informal and formal socioeconomic surveys were undertaken to collect both secondary and primary information on
perceptions of communities about the stated issues.
About 97% of the respondents indicated that wildlife is the major cause of conflicts affecting
local human communities. Elephants, baboons and leopards were the most destructive and
dreadful wild animals. Losses that were incurred by the local communities in the past one year
were in the form of human deaths (9%) and injuries (7%), cattle deaths (35%) and injuries
(15%), and sheep and goats’ deaths (80%) and injuries (23%). The most affected gender groups
were the school-going children (56%) and male adults (21%). Some of the local people (32%)
indicated that they used to receive indirect benefits in terms of social amenities that are no
longer being received. Most respondents (65%) pointed to a unanimous view that wild animals
provided little benefits but destruction to people. Majority of the respondents (72%) appeared to
be aware that Wildlife Compensation Schemes were in existence but on the other hand most of
them (73%) did not necessarily know why the schemes are there for or how they operated. The
most cited solutions to minimize and manage such conflicts were putting up a perimeter fence
around Mara National Game Reserve, getting rid of wildlife using every means possible, and
increasing and expanding wildlife compensation rates. Respondents also proposed that equitable
sharing of earnings from wildlife resources be initiated and implemented in an acceptable and
amicable manner. The respondents further suggested that for the new proposals to be actualized
they should be incorporated into a reviewed broad-based wildlife policy. This would go a long
way in contributing to poverty alleviation for the Maasai pastoralists and agropastolarists.
*Compensation Schemes are Acts of Parliament first enacted in 1976 and amended in 1989 stating the rules, regulations and procedures of getting compensated either in monetary terms or in kind by the government when
land owners and their livestock are killed or injured and their properties destroyed. Presented at the Policy Research Conference on
“Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa,”
held in Nairobi, Kenya, June 27-28, 2006.
Nyankori, James C. O.
Access to Primary Education in Rural Uganda
May 2004
Nyankori, James C. O. and Marios Obwona
In this paper, we present an extensive statistical description of rural primary schools, schooling and students in Uganda and estimate the relationship between academic performance and selected personal, demographic, and school characteristics using a linear probability model subsequently extended to predict academic performance. The survey data indicate considerable categorical differences in personal, household and school characteristics, and these have important implications for schooling behaviors and outcomes. Linear probability model predictions of academic performance reveal significant categorical differences in age, sex, nutritional status, after school activities, post primary education preference, school attendance, household production activities, occupation of head of household, and relation to head of household relative to academic performance.
Final Report for SAGA Competitive Research Grants Program
Nyanteng, V. K.
Policy Dynamics, Trends in Domestic Fish Production & Implications for Food Security in Ghana
July 2004
A. Wayo Seini, V. K. Nyanteng and A. Asantewah Ahene The fishing industry in Ghana started as an artisanal fishery with very simple and low
efficient gears and methods operating in very near coastal waters, lagoons, estuaries and
rivers. Through government and private efforts to promote production, the fishing
industry continued to improve over the years with the development of new gears and
methods that had been more efficient than the previous ones. Through government
schemes, the use of outboard motors on canoes, introduced in 1959, was very successful
and went a long way to create a modern sub-sector of the canoe fisheries. These schemes,
particularly the charter party scheme (a hire purchase scheme), also encouraged
fishermen to purchase larger fishing boats and gear which they paid for over a period of
four years at very low interest rates (Lawson and Kwei, 1974).
This paper examines major policy regimes since Ghana’s independence and relates them
to trends in domestic fish production. Domestic production is then linked to the
implications for food security. There is no doubt that fish is an important commodity in
the country’s food security, particularly when the latter is defined beyond availability and
accessibility to encompass the nutritional content of a meal that is required to provide a
balanced diet and to ensure a minimum daily intake of 2,300 calories. Where food
consumption is not balanced from the standpoint of nutrition, some diseases and
improper physical developments emerge, such as stunting, underweight and wasting in
children, particularly, under-5 years of age. Fish is consumed by many households and
among all income groups everywhere in Ghana, largely to supply protein requirements in
the diet. Presented at the ISSER-University of Ghana-Cornell University International Conference on "Ghana at the Half Century," July 18-20, 2004, Accra, Ghana
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