The Gambia: Selected Issues
The note views the problem of poverty in The Gambia. The largest group of cash crop producers have the highest poverty rate in the country. The design of public policies in the area of education and health has a large impact on the living standards of the poor. Therefore, these social policies have to be supported by policies that enhance the poor households' access and use of formal financial services. The note discusses the Gambian government's attempts to address the growing incidence of poverty.
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Volume 2000
Issue 114
Publication date: September 2000
ISBN: 9781451815405
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Business and Economics , Social Science , Economics- Macroeconomics , Public Finance , Poverty and Homelessness , ISCR , CR , Gambian authorities , public expenditure , gross domestic product , private sector , central bank , Income , Sub-Saharan Africa , Africa , Asia and Pacific , Western Hemisphere , Middle East
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The note views the problem of poverty in The Gambia. The largest group of cash crop producers have the highest poverty rate in the country. The design of public policies in the area of education and health has a large impact on the living standards of the poor. Therefore, these social policies have to be supported by policies that enhance the poor households' access and use of formal financial services. The note discusses the Gambian government's attempts to address the growing incidence of poverty.
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