Essays about: "economy ghana"

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  1. 1. Education and Economic Development : A Case Study of Ghana

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Jakin Elikem Fui Yaw Ahlijah; [2023]
    Keywords : Ghana; Education expenditure; Economic growth; Granger causality test;

    Abstract : Ever since Ghana gained independence, its policy makers have identified education as a tool to foster economic growth and development. In recognition of the vast potential for national development that education presents Ghana, various governments have invested considerably in the sector. READ MORE

  3. 2. Towards the Use of Satellite Data in Security Policy-Related Prediction

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion

    Author : Mary Chrishani Jayaweera; [2021]
    Keywords : satellite imagery; earth observation; remote sensing; nighttime lights; conflict prediction; time series; intercalibration; big data; cloud computing; machine learning;

    Abstract : Inadequate economic data makes it more difficult for its incorporation in security-policy related prediction and there is a need for alternative datasets. Satellite data, more specifically nighttime lights data, can be used as a proxy for the economy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate-smart cocoa in Ghana: Examining discourses, trade-offs and implications for cocoa smallholders

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Felix Nasser; [2019]
    Keywords : cocoa; Ghana; Climate-smart agriculture; Community Resource Management Area Mechanisms;

    Abstract : Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has emerged as a concept to address the multiple challenges and interdependencies of agriculture and climate change. Within CSA debates, equity and agroecology are especially contested. READ MORE

  5. 4. "We face neither East nor West; We face forward" : A study about policy implementation to receive Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Ghana

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

    Author : Ida Hansson; Emma Osbakk Malmström; [2019]
    Keywords : Foreign Direct Investment FDI ; Liberal International Political Economy IPE ; Rational Actor Model RAM ; Ghana; China;

    Abstract : This Bachelor thesis focuses on examining the Ghanaian state's policies regarding inward Foreign Direct Investments and furthermore the policy implementation to attract and receive FDI, the question asked is What policy choices have been implemented by Ghana to attract Chinese FDI? This thesis employs a single case study design with a qualitative approach as it seeks to draw upon Liberal IPE and RAM to understand the policy choices in attracting FDI, more specifically how Ghana has shaped their policies. When conducting the analysis, the thesis assembles documents, both primary and secondary data to be able to answer the research question. READ MORE

  6. 5. Growth, Inequality and Poverty in the Gold Coast, 1891 – 1947: Evolution of a Colonial Cash Crop Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Frigyes Harmat; [2019]
    Keywords : Ghana; Gold Coast; Cocoa; Colonialism; Economic History; Growth; Poverty; Inequality; Triangle; History and Archaeology; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE