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标题：Effects of Rising Food and Oil Prices on Rural Households in Ghana: A Case Study of Selected Communities in the Dangme West District Using the CBMS Approach
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作者：Asante, Felix A ; Tagoe, Cynthia A ; Boakye, Alfred A 等
期刊名称：DLSU Business & Economics Review
印刷版ISSN：0116-7111
出版年度：2010
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：47-63
DOI：10.3860/ber.v20i1.1668
语种：English
出版社：De La Salle University
摘要：This study sought to examine the effects of rising food and oil prices on rural households inGhana in relation to their food, access to healthcare and education, changes in their worksituations, their financial management practices, and their recreational and leisure practicesusing three selected communities in the Dangme West district of the Greater Accra region –Dodowa, Ningo, and Prampram. A total of 300 households were interviewed. The householdswere divided concerning the issue of whether their standard of living was better, worse or hadremained the same. In general, households that indicated they were worse off currently thanthey were last year slightly outnumbered those who had seen improvements in their lives.Keywords: Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS); commodity prices; price levelchanges, cost of livingDOI: 10.3860/ber.v20i1.1668DLSU Business & Economics Review 20.1 (2010), pp. 47-63
关键词：Economics;Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS); commodity prices; price level changes, cost of living