Rural Transport in Northern Ghana
Author | : Stephen Nkansa Buabeng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Rural development |
ISBN | : 9780946435890 |
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Author | : Stephen Nkansa Buabeng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Rural development |
ISBN | : 9780946435890 |
Author | : Henri L Beenhakker |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2019-09-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1000238644 |
This book considers the problem of providing maximum access to transport services, and to roads for the rural population of the world's developing countries when limited funds are available. Access is a key factor in both social and economic development. It promotes social intercourse and opens up markets for both the rural and urban populations. Access connotes the ability to travel and to transport goods. The components of access include both the infrastructure and the transport modes or aids that use the infrastructure.
Author | : Diao, Xinshen |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2017-01-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Urbanization has had a major impact on livelihoods in Ghana and throughout Africa as a whole. However, much research on urbanization has focused on effects occurring within cities, while there is insufficient understanding of its effects on rural areas. This paper examines the impact of urbanization—through a typology of districts—on rural livelihoods in Ghana. The country’s districts are classified into seven spatial groups according to the size of the largest city in each district in southern and northern Ghana. The paper does not address rural–urban migration but instead focuses on the livelihoods of rural households. In contrast to the extensive literature focusing on the effects of urbanization on individuals, we assess its impacts on individual rural households as a whole, with a particular focus on youth-headed households. Many rural households have shifted their primary employment from agriculture to nonagriculture, especially in the more urbanized South. In contrast, change in livelihood diversification within rural households with family members’ primary employment in both agriculture and nonagriculture appears much less rapid. Rural youth-headed households are significantly more associated with the transition away from agriculture than households headed by other adults, and such trends are stronger in locations closer to larger cities, particularly in the South. Although the nonagricultural economy is becoming increasingly important for rural households, contrary to expectations, the probit model analysis in this paper shows that agricultural production does not appear to be more intensified—in terms of modern input use—in the more urbanized South, and youth do not show greater agricultural technology adoption than other adults, indicating that the constraints against modern input adoption may be binding for all farmers, including youth and farmers in more urbanized locations. We also find that rural poverty rates are consistently lower among nonagricultural households, and the share of middle-class population is also disproportionally higher among rural nonagricultural households than agricultural households. While the probit analysis confirms the positive relationship between being a nonagricultural household and being nonpoor or becoming middle class after controlling for all other factors, education seems to play the biggest role. As rural youth become more educated and more households shift from agriculture to the rural nonfarm economy, a different range of technologies for agricultural intensification is necessary for agriculture to be attractive for youth. A territorial approach and related policies that integrate secondary cities and small towns with the rural economy deserve more attention such that the diversification of rural livelihoods can become a viable alternative or complement to rural–urban migration for youth.
Author | : Poul O. Pedersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Freight and freightage |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joseph A. Yaro |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2016-04-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319314998 |
This book presents conceptual and empirical discussions of adaptation to climate change/variability in West Africa. Highlighting different countries’ experiences in adaptation by different socio-economic groups and efforts at building their adaptive capacity, it offers readers a holistic understanding of adaptation on the basis of contextual and generic sources of adaptive capacity. Focusing on adaptation to climate change/variability is critical because the developmental challenges West Africa faces are increasingly intertwined with its climate history. Today, climate change is a major developmental issue for agrarian rural communities with high percentages of the population earning a living directly or indirectly from the natural environment. This makes them highly vulnerable to climate-driven ecological change, in addition to threats in the broader political economic context. It is imperative that rural people adapt to climate change, but their ability to successfully do so may be limited by competing risks and vulnerabilities. As such, elucidating those vulnerabilities and sources of strength with regard to the adaptive capacities needed to support successful adaptation and avoid maladaptation is critical for future policy formulation. Though the empirical discussion is geographically based on West Africa, its applicability in terms of the processes, structures, needs, strategies, and recommendations for policy transcends the region and provides useful lessons for understanding adaptation broadly in the developing world.
Author | : Paul Starkey |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821351857 |
Many inhabitants of rural areas in developing countries lack adequate and affordable access to transport infrastructure services, and this lack of transport opportunities constrains economic and social development. This report looks at the role of rural transport in reducing poverty and considers a range of issues affecting rural mobility including costs, stakeholders involved, population densities and competing services. It examines policies for promoting rural mobility including financial and regulatory considerations.
Author | : Christina Malmberg Calvo |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821342480 |
World Bank Technical Paper No. 409. In developing and transition economies, 60 to 80 percent of all passenger and freight transport moves by road-the main form of access for most rural communities. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these economies are badly maintained and poorly managed. This paper discusses one of the most effective ways to promote sound policies for managing and financing road networks--commercialization. It discusses the emerging central concept of bringing roads into the marketplace, putting them on a fee-for-service basis, and managing them like a business.
Author | : Umar Bacha |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2022-02-16 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1839693703 |
Rural health is the study of healthcare systems in rural settings. This book presents a comprehensive overview of rural health care and addresses such topics as human resources, maternal mortality in developing countries, safety of healthcare workers, zoonotic and veterinary diseases, and much more. Chapters include case studies and research in the field of rural health.
Author | : Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Transportation Center |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |