Essays about: "Accra Ghana"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Accra Ghana.

1. 1. “Dead white man’s clothes” : The influence of second hand import on young Ghanaians’ consuming patterns

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Hanna Skoglund; Johanna Samuelsson; Linda Finell; [2022]
   Keywords : Second hand; Second hand import; Consumption; Postcolonialism; Attachment to clothes;

   Abstract : Generally, not many in the Global North are aware of the complexity behind the second hand clothing trade and donations. Today, Ghana has become one of the biggest markets for imported second hand clothing. With this, the Akan saying “Obroni Wawu” has come, and translates into “Dead White Man’s Clothes”. READ MORE

3. 2. Child and adolescent mental health intervention: The perspectives of social workers and religious healers in Ghana

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Queensley Joy Idanwekhai; [2021-08-13]
   Keywords : Child; Adolescent; Social worker. Religious healer; mental health; Ghana;

   Abstract : The involvement of social workers and religious healers in the treatment and management of child and adolescent mental health disorder (CAMHD) is not a new phenomenon in most African contexts such as Ghana. CAMHD is a global burden, and it is projected to be more in Low and medium-income countries (LMICs) than in High income countries (HICs) in the near future due to the lack of attention and support accorded mental health care in LIMCs. READ MORE

4. 3. Urbanisation as a Mechanism for Efficient and Sustainable Use of Land

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Cecilia Lindholm; [2021]
   Keywords : land use; sustainable urbanisation; environmental sustainability; spatial planning;

   Abstract : Urbanisation in developing countries can contribute to various benefits and challenges. The growing areas of informal settlements on the peripheries of greater cities are a product of rapid urbanisation and uncontrolled population growth of the city. READ MORE

5. 4. Shared Smartphones – a Tool for Power or Empowerment? : A qualitative study about female microenterprises in Ghana

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Siri Klintberg; Sevana Melkon; [2020]
   Keywords : Female microenterprises; Smartphones; Digital Divide; Feminist Standpoint; Social relations;

   Abstract : Aim – The paper aims to acknowledge female microentrepreneurs' situation, using a feminist perspective, by identifying affecting aspects and factors when relying on borrowing a smartphone in order to run their business. Further, the study will have the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals number 8. READ MORE

6. 5. Online shopping in different cultures and levels of technologies in relation to Customer Satisfaction: Accra (Ghana) and Stockholm (Sweden).

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : Muhammad Sorower Alam; Kwaku Mensah Gavor; [2020]
   Keywords : Customer satisfaction; Online shopping; Culture and Technology; Stockholm; Accra;

   Abstract : Background: This study examines online shopping in different cultures and technologies in relation to customer satisfaction in Stockholm and Accra; a developed city with a developing city respectively. In recent times, the use of the internet has rapidly increased around the globe and with it emerged online shopping as a means employed by which business organizations and individual sellers and service providers to maximize growth. READ MORE