Population
13 Apr 2008Ghana's first postindependence population census in 1960 counted about 6.7 million inhabitants. By 1970 the national census registered 8.5 million people, about a 27 percent increase, while the most ...
COUNTRYSTUDIES
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Population - Urban-Rural Disparities
13 Apr 2008Localities of 5,000 persons and above have been classified as urban since 1960. On this basis, the 1960 urban population totalled 1,551,174 persons, or 23.1 percent of total population. By 1970, the ...
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The National Redemption Council Years, 1972-79
11 Apr 2008Despite its short existence, the Second Republic was significant in that the development problems the nation faced came clearly into focus. These included uneven distribution of investment funds and ...
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The Politics Of The Independence Movements
11 Apr 2008Although political organizations had existed in the British colony, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was the first nationalist movement with the aim of self-government "in the shortest possibl...
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Colonial Administration
11 Apr 2008Beginning in 1850, the coastal regions increasingly came under control of the governor of the British fortresses, who was assisted by the Executive Council and the Legislative Council. The Executive ...
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Economy - Role Of The Government
09 Apr 2008In the 1990s, the government continued to play a decisive role in the direction and pace of economic development in Ghana. Under the Economic Recovery Program initiated in 1983, the Rawlings governmen...
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