The Ghana Workers Brigade: A Project for Unemployed Youth

Hodge, Peter

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“…The policies of the CPP government were quintessential of this postindependence philosophy. Large-scale state farms were developed to boost food production (Hodge 1964;, reduce chiefs' control over land and their exploitation of small-scale tenant farmers . The economic philosophy of the CPP government was underpinned by socialist ideologies, aimed at establishing a centrally planned economy with the state as the sole driver of economic activities .…”

Section: The (Dis)continuities In Ghana's Experiences Of Large-scale mentioning

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Imageries of the contested concepts “land grabbing” and “land transactions”: Implications for biofuels investments in Ghana

Boamah

2014

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Dissertation for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD) at the University of Bergen DEDICATION Isn't it a great privilege to be supervised consecutively both MPhil and PhD projects by a skillful researcher who is privy to a student's strengths and weaknesses? The one who has shown keen interest in Ghana and Ghanaian students and subjects her students' manuscripts to what I call 'radical surgery'. Throughout the years I have been under her supervision, I have greatly benefited from her meticulousness and attention to detail. Even our occasional disagreements over choice of concepts and argument formulation have always challenged me to think outside the box immediately after our meetings. The years under her supervision have been very eventful and successful-from e-mail communications, conference presentations, etc. to publications in prestigious journals. Kind words alone cannot express my profound appreciation for your dexterous training; it is a blessing to be under your tutelage! This PhD Thesis is proudly dedicated to Professor Ragnhild Overå, whom I affectionately describe as the 'mother' to Ghanaian Geography students at the University of Bergen. Keep up the good work and continue to be conduit of blessing to Ghanaian Geography students! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ''For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless''

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Section: The (Dis)continuities In Ghana's Experiences Of Large-scale mentioning

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Imageries of the contested concepts “land grabbing” and “land transactions”: Implications for biofuels investments in Ghana

Boamah

2014

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“…Workers' brigades were established in all the 10 regions in Ghana to employ people, especially the urban youth, to work on development projects such as roads, water works, communal buildings, drainage schemes, rural electricity projects, and low‐cost housing. Similarly, state farms were constructed to boost the production of food (Hodge 1964).…”

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“…It is estimated that, between 1957 and 1963, the CPP created 100,000 jobs (Hodge 1964). A lot more jobs could have been created, but the regime faced problems of corruption and failed to efficiently manage state corporations.…”

Section: Neoliberalism and The Urban Economy In Ghanamentioning

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Neoliberalism and the Urban Economy in Ghana: Urban Employment, Inequality, and Poverty

Obeng‐Odoom

2012

Growth and Change

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Ghana is one of a few African countries where more people now reside in cities than in the countryside. What is not as well-known are the changes that have taken place in the economic base of Ghanaian cities. This paper tells that story. It focuses particularly on jobs, incomes, inequality, and poverty, and their characteristics in an era when neoliberal policies have been implemented. It draws on census reports, national surveys, and published reports in order to overcome the dearth of information about the urban and national economies. The paper shows that, on the one hand, the increasing prominence of the private sector in the urban economy has impacted positively on capital formation and job creation. On the other hand, urban and national inequality levels have dramatically increased. Whether these changes are favourable to the majority of urban citizens is contestable.

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“…Empirical analysis is required to evaluate this proposition, but there is no scholarly research in Ghana that verifies this important widespread claim. Chazan (1974), Hodge (1964), Austin (1964), Oquaye (1980), Lentz (1995), Awoonor (1990), Tetteh (1999, Nugent (1996) and Ninsin (1996) discussed the role of the youth in getting leaders elected to political power; their role as pressure groups in ensuring checks and balances in governance; and the instrumental role they played in kicking leaders out of power when they betrayed the trust of the people. Asante (2012) and Nunyonameh (2012) further highlighted the important contribution of youth and student activism to the quality of Ghana's democracy, and argued that the formation of branches of political parties on the campuses of the various universities and tertiary institutions was a way of demonstrating the importance of students and the youth to the political career of leaders.…”

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Youth in Parliament and Youth Representation in Ghana

Gyampo

2013

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Civil Society and many youth activists were elated when the youth, those aged between 21 and 40 years, were given prominence in Ghana's parliament after the 2012 elections. Indeed, as many as 44 young people were elected during Ghana's 2012 Parliamentary Elections. Prior to this, the number of young people in Ghana's parliament was negligible. In view of the demographic advantage of the youth and their invaluable contributions to Ghana's political history, there have been incessant calls for their representation and an eventual return to the days of the 1950s when politics was dominated by the youth. The outcome of the 2012 Parliamentary Elections was therefore hailed as unprecedented and described by many as a giant step towards youth representation in national decision making. However, a survey of all the young parliamentarians and some 4400 young people carefully selected through purposive sampling provides the basis for this paper's thesis that the growth in the number of young people in Ghana's parliament does not necessarily guarantee youth representation in national decision making; rather, it promotes tokenism, exclusivity and co-optation of the youth into decision-making structures of state. The study makes practical recommendations to create a relationship between youth in Ghana's parliament and youth representation.

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The Ghana Workers Brigade: A Project for Unemployed Youth

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Imageries of the contested concepts “land grabbing” and “land transactions”: Implications for biofuels investments in Ghana

Imageries of the contested concepts “land grabbing” and “land transactions”: Implications for biofuels investments in Ghana

Neoliberalism and the Urban Economy in Ghana: Urban Employment, Inequality, and Poverty

Youth in Parliament and Youth Representation in Ghana

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