United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10.2: Analysis of Social Inequality in Ghana

Abstract

The study aims at Ghana’s efforts to address inequalities and achieve SDG 10.2 by 2023. It explores Sustainable Development Goal 10.2 on social inequality using Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP). Many low/middle-income countries have focused on poverty and made efforts to eradicate/reduce poverty, but little progress in reducing the inequality gap. Many poor/needy persons/vulnerable persons are excluded from having access to assets across different dimensions and as such realising this goal by 2030 seems almost impossible. Through a qualitative research design, the article used primary and secondary data. The findings revealed the vulnerable in society like the aged, persons living with disabilities, women, and children suffer greater disparity in terms of opportunities like basic services, education, and health. Again, it highlighted Ghana’s effort to reduce inequalities by empowering the underprivileged across social and economic lines to access the necessities of life through various social intervention programmes. Findings revealed these programmes require the coordinated effort of the government and other establishments to implement them within the Ghanaian context. LEAP was identified as a commendable intervention programme that selects vulnerable individuals to reduce the inequality gap. The study recommends that the government make provisions for other funds to cover large-scale the underprivileged in need.