Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana

Xinshen Diao, Peixun Fang, Eduardo Magalhaes, Stefan Pahl and Jed Silver

Chapter 7 in Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts, 2019, pp yj172-204 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Chapter 7 reflects Ghana’s later stage of development by focusing on the link between urban development and the livelihoods available to rural youth living close to cities or towns.

Keywords: rural youth; youth employment; rural employment; employment; welfare; urbanization; youth; rural transformation; economic activities; livelihoods; migration; governance; Ghana; Africa; Western Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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