The EC's Data/Modelling platform for agro-economic research (DataM) is glad to release the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Ghana, referring to year 2015.
The study has been prepared in collaboration among researchers affiliated to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), and the Economic Forecasting Center (Centro de Predicción Económica - CEPREDE), Spain.
Data and dashboard
This product is included in the DataM section PANAP - The Pan African Network for economic Analysis of Policies.
The SAM is available in a dashboard allowing the download in traditional matrix format, or in flat CSV data accessible by query or bulk download.
Also, thanks to SAM data and multipliers, the DataM tool to simulate the impact in employment of demand (export) changes, the jobs calculator, is now available also for Ghana (and also integrated in Ghana's Country Dashboard) .
Publication/Methodology
Title: Social Accounting Matrix for Ghana 2015
URL: https://doi.org/10.2760/432014
Authors: Ferreira. V., Almazán-Gómez M.A., Nechifor, V., Ferrari, E.
Journal: Publications office of the European Union
Abstract: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a comprehensive and economy-wide database recording data on all transactions between production activities, factors of production, institutions, and the rest of the world within a specific economy during a certain period. It has two principal objectives. First, it represents a complete snapshot of the economy showing the economic structure and the circular flow of income and expenditure in the country or region under analysis. Second, in order to analyse how the economy works and to predict the effects of policy interventions, it is used as a database in multisectoral linear models by calculating multipliers, and for the calibration and exploitation of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models. This report presents Ghana's SAM for 2015, with the main purpose of providing a suitable database for implementing and evaluating the country's own developmental, social and economic policies and initiatives. To this end, the structure of the SAM is presented in detail, explaining the meaning of each account and indicating some estimations and modifications made. Considering the characteristics of the Ghanaian economy, this SAM shows a special structure to reflect the Home Production for Home Consumption (HPHC) issue and a high disaggregation of the agricultural and food sector. Furthermore, considering the SAM as a database, a descriptive analysis of the Ghanaian economy and the linear multipliers analysis are presented. Annex 2 explains how to download the matrix available online.
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