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Labor-and-land Surplus Economy (Ghana).
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1972 |
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Working paper on the economy of Ghana, assessing the impact of the export oriented industry (cocoa) on employment - reveals that surplus labour supply in the form of disguised unemployment coexists with non-optimal land utilization. Bibliography pp. 18 to 19.
Labour, Land, and Capital in Ghana
Author | : Gareth Austin |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 615 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : 1580461611 |
An examination of the varied ways, outside and inside markets, in which Asante producers obtained labor, land and capital during the transformative era. This is a study of the changing rules and relationships within which natural, human and man-made resources were mobilized for production during the development of an agricultural export economy in Asante, a major West African kingdom which became, by 1945, the biggest regional contributor to Ghana's status as the world's largest cocoa producer. The period 1807-1956 as a whole was distinguished in Asante history by relatively favorable political conditions for indigenous as well as (during colonial rule) for foreign private enterprise. It saw generally increasing external demands for products that could be produced on Asante land. This book, which fills a major gap in Asante economic history, transcends the traditional divide between studies of precolonial and of twentieth-century African history. It analyses the interaction of coercion and the market in the context of a rich but fragile natural environment, the central process being a transition from slavery and debt-bondage to hired labor and agricultural indebtedness. It contributes to the broad debate about Africa's historic combination of emerging 'capitalist' institutions and persistent 'precapitalist' ones, and tests the major theories of the political economy of institutional change. It is written accessibly for an interdisciplinary readership. Gareth Austin is a lecturer in Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Joint Editor of the 'Journal of African History'.
Land, Labour and the Family in Southern Ghana
Author | : Kojo Amanor |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789171064684 |
This report is based on field work carried out in the Akyem Abuakwa area of the forest region of Ghana, a section of the country rich in agricultural land, gold, and diamonds. Through the field work which was undertaken and the empirical material generated, the author attempts to chart the processes and patterns of differentiation connected to land and land use in contemporary Ghana.
Ghana's Economic and Agricultural Transformation
Author | : Xinshen Diao |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198845340 |
Using Ghana as a case study, this work integrates economic and political analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Africa's growth and transformation.
Catalogue of Research Literature for Development: Food production and nutrition, development and economics, education and human resources, health, selected development areas
Author | : United States. Agency for International Development. Bureau for Technical Assistance |
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Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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The Profits of Power
Author | : Christopher Udry |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
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We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agricultural in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful positions in a local political hierarchy have more secure tenure rights, and that as a consequence they invest more in land fertility and have substantially higher output. The intensity of investments on different plots cultivated by a given individual correspond to that individual's security of tenure over those specific plots, and in turn to the individual's position in the political hierarchy relevant to those specific plots. We interpret these results in the context of a simple model of the political allocation of land rights in local matrilineages.
Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana
Author | : Kojo Amanor |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Forest conservation |
ISBN | : 9789171064370 |
The report highlights the long history of commodification of land and labour in Ghana, linked to speculative activities and more recently to the activities of international capital, agribusiness, international agricultural centres, and agencies of the state. It makes the case for a new land, agrarian and natural resource regime that prioritises domestic economic needs to provide security of livelihood to the generality of the people.