Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation

The chapter addresses three broad questions. First, are patterns of rural employment in Ghana changing with urbanization and are those changes related in any systematic way with proximity to urban centers of different sizes? Second, does proximity to different-sized urban centers have any impact on...

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Main Authors: Diao, Xinshen, Magalhaes, Eduardo, Silver, Jed
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146046
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description The chapter addresses three broad questions. First, are patterns of rural employment in Ghana changing with urbanization and are those changes related in any systematic way with proximity to urban centers of different sizes? Second, does proximity to different-sized urban centers have any impact on patterns of agricultural intensification? Finally, what are the impacts on household livelihoods and welfare outcomes? To answer these questions the analysis goes beyond the usual agroecological breakdown (Chapter 4) and uses a spatial typology of rural areas based on work by Berdegue et al. (2015) and others in Latin America.
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spelling CGSpace1460462025-11-06T03:59:56Z Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation Diao, Xinshen Magalhaes, Eduardo Silver, Jed supply chains economic development urbanization agricultural development governance The chapter addresses three broad questions. First, are patterns of rural employment in Ghana changing with urbanization and are those changes related in any systematic way with proximity to urban centers of different sizes? Second, does proximity to different-sized urban centers have any impact on patterns of agricultural intensification? Finally, what are the impacts on household livelihoods and welfare outcomes? To answer these questions the analysis goes beyond the usual agroecological breakdown (Chapter 4) and uses a spatial typology of rural areas based on work by Berdegue et al. (2015) and others in Latin America. 2019-08-10 2024-06-21T09:05:41Z 2024-06-21T09:05:41Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146046 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Oxford University Press Diao, Xinshen; Magalhaes, Eduardo; and Silver, Jed. 2019. Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation. In Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation: Past performance and future prospects. Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter B.R.; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; and Resnick, Danielle (Eds.). Chapter 5 Pp. 121-141. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146046
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economic development
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agricultural development
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Magalhaes, Eduardo
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Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation
title Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation
title_full Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation
title_fullStr Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation
title_short Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation
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economic development
urbanization
agricultural development
governance
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