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ACDEP Operational Regions

Currently ACDEP is a network of over forty agricultural, water, rehabilitation, health and nutrition projects spread around the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions. The Secretariat is located in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region.

Almost 9 out of 10 citizens of the Upper East and Upper West Regions are poor and 7 out of 10 are poor in the Northern Region. These compare unfavorably with Southern Ghana. For example, in Greater Accra it is 1 out of 10 people how are poor and 1 out of 2 in the Central and Eastern region. In many of the rural Savanna areas, the situation of the very poorest has worsened and inequality has increased in recent years.

The Incidence of Poverty* in Ghana by Administrative region

Region	1992	1999
Greater Accra	24.9%	7.3%
Western	58.4%	25.6%
Central	41.9%	49.3%
Eastern	47.6%	48.4%
Volta	56.1%	37.8%
Ashanti	40.4%	37.6%
Brong Ahafo	65.0%	39.4%
Northern	63.1%	69.5%
Upper West	87.6%	87.9%
Upper East	64.8%	89.5%

The Incidence of Poverty* in Ghana by Socio-Economic Group

Socio-Economic Group	1992	1999
Public Sector	33.5%	24.1%
Formal Private	29.5%	14.7%
Informal Private	38.6%	28.2%
Self-employment Agricultural	62.2%	39.0%
Self-employment Crop agricultural	67.1%	60.9%
Self employment	37.7%	31.4%
Non Working	18.8%	24.4%
Ghana	50.8%	42.6%

For more detailed information about each region in Northern Ghana, please see the Northern, Upper East and Upper West sections of the website.

* Poverty is defined as a standard of living with fewer resources than ¢900,000 (approx US $100) per equivalent adult per year in order to satisfy minimum food consumption as well as minimum non-food consumption. Of the total ¢900,000 (approx US $100), ¢700,000 (approx US $78) go to meet the absolute minimum food requirement per adult per year.

Source:GLSS-4