Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Author "Overå, Ragnhild"
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Institutions, mobility and resilience in the Fante migratory fisheries of West Africa
Overå, Ragnhild (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)The fishery of the Fante town Moree in Ghana and its network of migrants in West Africa is here understood as a social field, whose institutions are key to an understanding of fisher people’s livelihood strategies. By ... -
"Money has no Name": Informalisation, Unemployment and changing Gender Relations in Accara, Ghana
Overå, Ragnhild (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural-urban ... -
Networks, distance and trust: Telecommunications and changing trading practices in Ghana
Overå, Ragnhild (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)Ghana liberalized its telecom sector in 1995. This study looks at the impact of the phenomenal growth in access to telephones on the business practices of traders in cloth, fish and agricultural produce. The article examines ... -
When Men do Women's Work : Structural Adjustment , Unemployment and Changing Gender Relations in the Informal Economy of Accra, Ghana
Overå, Ragnhild (Journal article, 2007)Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural–urban ... -
When Men do Women's Work: Structural Adjustment, Unemployment and Changing Gender Relations in the Informal Economy of Accra, Ghana
Overå, Ragnhild (Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 45 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-11-01)Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural-urban ...