American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 2021, 11, 1009-1021
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DOI: 10.4236/ajibm.2021.119061 Sep. 23, 2021 1009 American Journal of Industrial and Business Management
Comparison of Growth of Overall
GDP on Three Sectors of the Ghanaian
Economy: A Time Series Analysis from
2001-2020
Bismark Owusu-Sekyere Adu
School of Graduate Studies, Valley View University, Accra, Ghana
Abstract
The Ghanaian economy has been growing for the past three decades, but
growth, redistribution, and sustainability have all faced obstacles. The econ-
omy has been largely grown in three major sectors of the economy i.e., Agri-
culture, Service and Industry after 64 years of independence. This article is a
comprehensive discussion of the contribution of three sectors of the economy
to the overall GDP, and it does cover all of the nitty-gritty intricacies of the
Ghanaian economy. Finally, the paper seeks to provide some thoughts on the
literature for readers on the state of the Ghanaian economy from 2001 to
2020, taking into account the contributions of three major economic sectors.
The researcher based the dataset on the work of several researchers and in-
cluded a significant quantity of fresh data from both primary and secondary
data sources such as the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Bank of Ghana, the
Ghana Statistical Service, and the World Bank. The data were gathered from
the website of the MOF, Bank of Ghana and the Ghana Statistical Service. The
conclusions of the study found that there is a positive relationship between
overall GDP (domestic and external) and growth in Ghana’s economy, and
urge, among other things, that government debt borrowing be discouraged
and tax reform initiatives be promoted. According to the findings, interest
rates should be kept low enough to allow individuals and investors to borrow
and invest while also allowing the economy to expand through industrializa-
tion, which will enhance the trade balance and economic growth by raising
aggregate demand or income.
Keywords
Agriculture, Service, Industry, Economy, Growth, Inflation, Interest Rate
How to cite this paper: Adu, B. O. (2021).
Comparison of Growth of Overall GDP on
Three Sectors of the Ghanaian Economy: A
Time Series Analysis from 2001-2020
American Journal of Industrial and Busi-
ness Management, 11, 1009-1021.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ajibm.2021.119061
Received: August 13, 2021
Accepted: September 20, 2021
Published: September 23, 2021
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