{"product_id":"financialisation-and-poverty-alleviation-in-ghana-by-francis-b-frimpong-9781642598032","title":"Financialisation and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe neoliberal policy response to the crisis in Ghana did not succeed in reversing the economic decline in either the medium or long term. In fact, quite the opposite: rather than undoing the economic decline, Francis Boateng Frimpong argues that these policy prescriptions further weakened the country's ability to develop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is because the policies intentionally and unintentionally encouraged factors that destabilised the possibility of the real productive assets earning commensurate returns that could facilitate the flow of capital to the real sectors and thus failed to ensure the survival of industrial enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRising profit in the financial sector incentivised financial capitalists to divert capital into financial assets at the expense of productive investment, further decelerating the pace of real capital accumulation in the country, thereby exacerbating the crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancialisation and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana\u003c\/em\u003e by Francis B. Frimpong explores these dynamics in depth, providing a critical analysis of Ghana's economic policies and their broader implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596406735084,"sku":"9781642598032","price":102.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b30bf2f1f7d64602f00a4631f7ab7f47.jpg?v=1777929433","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/financialisation-and-poverty-alleviation-in-ghana-by-francis-b-frimpong-9781642598032","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}