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Following in their footsteps: an analysis of the impact of successive migration on rural household welfare in GhanaThe decision to migrate is often influenced by the experience of earlier migrants from one’s household. Earlier migrants provide information on likely opportunities and potential risks and can offer support at destination to later migrants...
Migration Ghana Asset indexWorking Paper
South-South labour migration and the impact of the informal China-Ghana gold rush 2008–13This paper examines irregular South-South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it has played in transforming livelihoods and broader developmental landscapes...
Ghana China Gold rushJournal Article
Gold Mining Pollution and the Cost of Private Healthcare: The Case of GhanaTo attract greater levels of foreign direct investment into their gold-mining sectors, many mineral-rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been willing to overlook serious instances of mining company non-compliance with environmental standards...
Mining pollution Healthcare expenditure Hedonic analysisWorking Paper
Oil discovery and macroeconomic management: The recent Ghanaian experienceThis paper analyses the evolution of fiscal and monetary variables in Ghana, from the discovery of oil in 2007 through to 2014...
Ghana Macroeconomic policy OilWorking Paper
Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in GhanaWe examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment...
Gender Ghana Graduate employabilityResearch Brief
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The agro-processing industry and its potential for structural transformation of the Ghanaian economyThe paper explores the potential of Ghana’s agro-processing industry in contributing to the development and structural transformation of the economy...
Agro-processing Economic growth Value chainsWorking Paper
Putting Paris into practice: Foreign aid, national ownership, and donor alignment in Mali and GhanaThis paper examines the application of the first two principles of the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, namely ownership and alignment, to the cases of Mali and Ghana...
Aid effectiveness Paris decleration ownershipPresentation
A tax-benefit model for Ghana