Abstract
This paper investigates the spatial distribution of resources, production activities and poverty in Ghana. The study found that the presence of natural resources in an area over a period of time greatly influences industrial activities in that locality. Moreover, given that firms or manufacturing industries will usually site their business ventures close to the sources of resource attraction, the processes of production including value addition, packaging, and refinery largely becomes vibrant in resource rich areas than less-resource zones. In Ghana, there seems to be an uneven distribution of natural resources across the administrative regions and ecological zones. This kind of distribution has resulted in the creation of additional jobs in areas endowed with natural resources. Data for the studies was obtain from Ghana statistical service
 Spatial distribution of natural resources positively influences most important production activities in the discovered areas. A boom in production activities within an areas certainly reflect on the poverty incidence of the people since it creates both direct and indirect employment opportunities in that area. The paper suggests diversification of the economy, equitable allocation of resources to deprived areas to ensures comprehensive development and poverty alleviation in all aspects of life of the ordinary Ghanaian .Government needs to as well put in the needed measures to ensure people gets direct benefits from resources exploited in their communities as most of these exploitive activities pose negative externalities to the people.
Highlights
Spatial or regional differences explain the unequal allocation of resources, wealth, and other development indicators across different localities or regions, with increasing significance among third world countries and global economies, including Ghana
This paper investigates the spatial distribution of resources, production activities, and poverty in Ghana
There seems to be an uneven distribution of natural resources across the administrative regions and ecological zones in Ghana
Summary
Spatial or regional differences explain the unequal allocation of resources, wealth, and other development indicators across different localities or regions, with increasing significance among third world countries and global economies, including Ghana. The South's districts are better connected to markets, making it possible to attract more firms, thereby increasing economic density within those areas This opportunity resulted in creating job opportunities where essential resources such as gold, diamond, bauxite, oil, and cocoa are found, thereby reducing the incidence of income poverty in those districts. 'Galamsey' does pollute rivers and water bodies and leaves death traps for residence and miners themselves (Bervely.L, 2018) Numerous studies, both theoretical and empirical, have been conducted on the issues of poverty incidence and its alleviation, spatial distribution of resources, and other related areas. Hoang Van et al (2019) in their work discovered that families in forest areas in Vietnam were having higher income than those households in other rural non forest zones This shows the importance of forest and other natural resources in the fight against poverty. It is worth noting that for the purpose of these studies the old ten regional demarcation of Ghana was used as there is no data available for the newly created six regions
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