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Ghana Ghana Lower Volta River Area Model Diet Housing GHS 217 GHS 533 Provision for Unexpected Events GHS 74 Food GHS 734 GHS 1,028 Monthly Living Wage Lower Volta Region • 235g maize • 169g cassava • 28g rice (2 servings per week) • 42g bread (2 slices per day for adults, 1 slice per day for children) • 46g yam or cocoyam • 59g plantain • 20g groundnut paste (2 groundnut soups per week) • 17g cowpeas (black eyed beans) • 14g eggs (2 eggs per person, per week) • 28g dried ｦsh • 14g meat (7g beef, 7g offal) • Cement, concrete or brick walls • Cement, concrete or tile ｧoors • Metal sheet or tile roof, no leaks • ≥ 1 window per room. Ceiling height no less than 2m • Adequate ventilation in cooking area • Electricity • Safe water not far from home (max 30 min. to collect) • ≥ 36 m2 living space for a family of 4.5 • Pit latrine with slab, KVIP, or ｧush toilet, shared by few households • Safe outside environment, no slums Local Housing Standard for Family Synopsis of Living Wage Study Conducted By: Sally Smith with Martha and Richard Anker Living Wage Estimated using the Anker Methodology, February 2017 Non-Food, Non-Housing +... Mandatory Deductions from Pay GHS 153 per worker with a family Monthly edible grams per person per day full-time workers of 1.78 Global Living Wage Series Photo Courtesy of Fairtrade International • 172g vegetables (15g cocoyam leaves, 35g cabbage, 50g eggplant, 25g tomato, 7g tomato paste, 35g onion) • 75g orange • 30g palm oil • 30g sugar (7 tsp. white sugar) • 12g powdered milk (1/2 cup per day for children, 1/4 cup for adults) • 3g milo (1 cup per week) All data in this infographic are from 2017, see Update Report for most recent data: Monthly Living Wage GHS 1,244 February 2019 Update www.globallivingwage.org/living-wage- benchmarks/ghana/
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GhanaGhana
Lower Volta River Area
Model Diet
Housing GHS 217
GHS 533
Provision for Unexpected Events
GHS 74
Food GHS 734
GHS 1,028Monthly Living Wage
Lower Volta Region
• 235g maize • 169g cassava • 28g rice (2 servings per week) • 42g bread (2 slices per day for adults, 1 slice per day for children) • 46g yam or cocoyam • 59g plantain • 20g groundnut paste (2 groundnut soups per week) • 17g cowpeas (black eyed beans) • 14g eggs (2 eggs per person, per week) • 28g dried �sh • 14g meat (7g beef, 7g offal)
• Cement, concrete or brick walls • Cement, concrete or tile �oors • Metal sheet or tile roof, no leaks • ≥ 1 window per room. Ceiling height no less than 2m • Adequate ventilation in cooking area • Electricity • Safe water not far from home (max 30 min. to collect) • ≥ 36 m2 living space for a family of 4.5 • Pit latrine with slab, KVIP, or �ush toilet, shared by few households • Safe outside environment, no slums
Local Housing Standard for Family
Synopsis of Living Wage Study Conducted By: Sally Smith with Martha and Richard AnkerLiving Wage Estimated using the Anker Methodology, February 2017
Non-Food, Non-Housing
+...
Mandatory Deductions from Pay GHS 153
per workerwith a family
Monthly
edible grams per person per day
full-time workers
of 1.78
Global Living Wage Series
Photo Courtesy of Fairtrade International
• 172g vegetables (15g cocoyam leaves, 35g cabbage, 50g eggplant, 25g tomato, 7g tomato paste, 35g onion) • 75g orange • 30g palm oil • 30g sugar (7 tsp. white sugar) • 12g powdered milk (1/2 cup per day for children, 1/4 cup for adults) • 3g milo (1 cup per week)
All data in this infographic are from 2017, see Update Report for most recent data:
Monthly Living WageGHS 1,244
February 2019 Update
www.globallivingwage.org/living-wage-benchmarks/ghana/
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Global Living Wage Coalition Members: Fairtrade International, Forest Stewardship Council, GoodWeave International, Rainforest Alliance, Social Accountability International, Sustainable Agriculture Network, and UTZ. In Partnership with the ISEAL Alliance and Richard Anker and Martha Anker
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Context Provided for Lower Volta River Area Banana Industry
Key Values and Assumptions
• 40 Hour Work Week
• Family Size of 4.5 • 2 Adults, 2.5 Children • 1.78 Workers Per Family
Total Monthly Living Wage = ((Food + Housing + Non-Food, Non-Housing + Provision for Unexpected Events) Number of full-time Workers in Family) + Mandatory Deductions from Pay
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