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International Journal of Social Economics
PurposeThe world's economies are on their knees following the negative impact of the coronavi... more PurposeThe world's economies are on their knees following the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic over the past 8 months. Growing number of researches has been conducted on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on developed countries with little attention on developing countries, who are still grappling with the negative impact of the coronavirus. The rationale for this study is to assess the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Ghana's economy and government response to the pandemic as well as policy options to revive the ailing economy.Design/methodology/approachThis study explored the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus on Ghana's economy using a discourse analysis with data from various secondary sources to analyze the impact of the pandemic from the Ghanaian perspective.FindingsThe findings from the discourse analysis revealed that the coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted on the socio-economic situation of the citizens of Ghana. Whiles an estimated 42...
Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)over the past decade have been growing at a faster pace with ... more Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)over the past decade have been growing at a faster pace with Agriculture contributing 28.94% in 2006, the industrial sector also contributing 19.80% and the service contributing a huge total of 51.26% in that same year. The industrial sector's contribution is sub-divided into various categories where the mining and quarrying sub-sector contributed 2.66% to the GDP. These three sectors contributes to government revenue generation through foreign exchange, tax revenues and royalties for development.
International Journal of Social Economics
PurposeThe world's economies are on their knees following the negative impact of the coronavi... more PurposeThe world's economies are on their knees following the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic over the past 8 months. Growing number of researches has been conducted on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on developed countries with little attention on developing countries, who are still grappling with the negative impact of the coronavirus. The rationale for this study is to assess the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Ghana's economy and government response to the pandemic as well as policy options to revive the ailing economy.Design/methodology/approachThis study explored the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus on Ghana's economy using a discourse analysis with data from various secondary sources to analyze the impact of the pandemic from the Ghanaian perspective.FindingsThe findings from the discourse analysis revealed that the coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted on the socio-economic situation of the citizens of Ghana. Whiles an estimated 42...
Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)over the past decade have been growing at a faster pace with ... more Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)over the past decade have been growing at a faster pace with Agriculture contributing 28.94% in 2006, the industrial sector also contributing 19.80% and the service contributing a huge total of 51.26% in that same year. The industrial sector's contribution is sub-divided into various categories where the mining and quarrying sub-sector contributed 2.66% to the GDP. These three sectors contributes to government revenue generation through foreign exchange, tax revenues and royalties for development.