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  1. 1. What Adaptation Strategies, as a Result of Climate Change, Do Women as Smallholder Farmers Implement? : A Study With Focus on Women in Ethiopia and Ghana.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Emma Lindahl; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This Bachelor Thesis within Peace and Development Studies will present, discuss, andanalyse What adaptation strategies do women as smallholder farmers implement as aresult of climate change? The focus will be shifted from a more general perspectivewithin developing countries to Ethiopia and Ghana. The chosen structure is to develop alarger understanding and due to this shift in perspective three other, smaller, researchquestions are also present throughout the thesis. READ MORE

  3. 2. An institutional weakness? – The participation of Chinese miners in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Enyam Joel Agbesinyale; [2023]
    Keywords : Chinese participation; ASGM; Institutional weakness; Rural transformation; Ghana; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the ongoing debate on the involvement of Chinese nationals in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. Despite the Minerals and Mining Law, Act 703 (2006) prohibiting foreigners from engaging in ASGM, it is reported that about 50,000 Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal mining activities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Skill Returns and Labor Market Mismatches - Exploring Workforce Potential in Urban Ghana and Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : skill returns; labor market mismatches; Ghana; Kenya; STEP; human capital; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Ghana and Kenya have both made significant efforts to strengthen the skills profile of their young and growing workforces. Raising skill levels and matching workers correctly to jobs is believed to increase productivity and reduce unemployment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Se Eye Woba Anka ‘if he or she were your child’  : A study of NGO workers experiences of combating child trafficking in Ghana

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Louise Viklund Österlind; [2022]
    Keywords : Ghana; human trafficking; children s rights; childism; prejudice; human rights;

    Abstract : Trafficking in children is widespread abuse of children that happens in Ghana. The concept of human rights has not yet fully found its way into societal structures and beliefs, and that creates problems when we want to ensure the protection of children from violations. READ MORE

  6. 5. “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