Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report and 2024 Update for Peri-urban Lower Volta Region, Ghana
2024 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Peri-urban Lower Volta Region, Ghana
Abstract
This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wage for the peri-urban Lower Volta Region of Ghana, where bananas are produced for export. The update for June 2024 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in February 2017 (Smith, Anker & Anker, 2017).
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Original Report
2017 Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report for Peri-urban Lower Volta Region, Ghana
Background
This report estimates a living wage for the lower Volta River area of Ghana where bananas are produced for export. This is a relatively small geographical area within a few hours' drive from the capital, Accra, taking in parts of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) as well as the Eastern Region and Volta River Region (see Figure 1). The majority of banana workers live in small towns and small settlements along the Volta River which are considered neither purely urban nor purely rural; rather, we categorise them as peri-urban.
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Previous Updates
2023 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Peri -urban Lower Volta Ghana
2022 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Peri -urban Lower Volta Ghana
2019 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Peri -urban Lower Volta Ghana
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