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Table 5 Linear multipliers for Ghana 2015.

From: The role of the agricultural sector in Ghanaian development: a multiregional SAM-based analysis

Sector

Description

Multipliers

Sector

Description

Multipliers

Output

Value added

Household Income

Employment

Output

Value added

Household income

Employment

Primary sector

Maize

2.63

1.7

1.61

209.36

Petroleum and mining

Crude oil

1.86

1.03

0.74

83.25

Sorghum and millet

2.68

1.65

1.56

187.58

Other mining

2.28

0.68

0.57

48.41

Rice

1.55

0.95

0.90

109.73

Petroleum

2.07

0.87

0.70

61.33

Pulses

2.64

1.64

1.55

189.43

Manufactured

Textiles

1.49

0.71

0.63

75.55

Groundnuts

2.63

1.7

1.62

205.53

Clothing

1.6

0.77

0.68

64.03

Other oilseeds

2.57

1.68

1.59

208.6

Leather and footwear

0.78

0.38

0.33

32.14

Cassava

2.61

1.62

1.52

185.07

Wood and paper

2.37

1

0.87

71.03

Other roots

2.64

1.66

1.57

196.63

Chemicals

0.81

0.37

0.33

28.6

Vegetables

2.59

1.61

1.51

189.69

Non-metal minerals

0.91

0.43

0.40

54.3

Sugar cane

2.7

1.75

1.65

244.4

Metals and metal

0.65

0.3

0.27

22.43

Tobacco

2.69

1.68

1.59

189.44

Machinery and equipment

0.23

0.11

0.10

9.45

Cotton and fibres

2.75

1.61

1.53

195.49

Other manufacturing

0.77

0.37

0.33

35.9

Cocoa

2.37

1.46

1.37

161.83

Utilities

Electricity, gas and steam

2.61

0.89

0.72

62.39

Coffee and tea

2.57

1.5

1.40

160.72

Water supply and sewage

2.28

0.77

0.66

47.9

Other crops

1.2

0.74

0.70

83.69

Construction

Construction

2.21

1.34

1.16

67.09

Cattle

2.7

1.64

1.55

186.07

Services

Wholesale and retail trade

2.73

1.28

1.15

116.2

Poultry

2.5

1.49

1.39

167.99

Transportation and storage

2.15

1.19

1.04

90.94

Other livestock

2.63

1.64

1.56

189.07

Accommodation and food services

2.16

1.24

1.11

140.1

Forestry

2.59

1.39

1.21

82.62

Information and communication

2.72

1.22

1.07

75

Fishing

2.6

1.63

1.52

183.35

Finance and insurance

2.56

1.41

1.26

86.77

Food industry

Meat, fish and dairy

0.82

0.4

0.36

35.71

Real estate activities

2.37

1.09

0.94

52.56

Fruit and vegetable processing

0.89

0.44

0.39

46.12

Business services

1.4

0.56

0.49

40.13

Fats and oils

2.6

1.32

1.21

139.63

Public administration

2.49

1.2

1.08

90.67

Grain milling

2.49

1.14

1.06

133.56

Education

2.8

1.47

1.37

155.62

Sugar refining

0.64

0.31

0.28

33

Health and social work

2.56

1.18

1.09

120.96

Other foods

1.57

0.76

0.68

72.22

Other services

2.2

1.43

1.29

121.55

Beverages

1.56

0.75

0.67

74.84

 

Tobacco processing

1.56

0.69

0.62

59.59

  1. Employment: jobs created per million Ghanaian Cedis
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