Browsing Bora-import by Subject "Ghana"
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Institutions, mobility and resilience in the Fante migratory fisheries of West Africa
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Politisk liberalisering og økonomisk reform
(Arbeisnotat, Working paper, 1992)Notatet bygger på et foredrag for hovedfagsstudenter i sammenlignende politikk på "Finseseminaret" i februar 1992. Teorier om sammenhengen mellom demokrati og økonomisk liberalisering gjennomgås og diskuteres med referanse ... -
The SAPRIN Report: An assessment of the empirical analysis supporting main conclusions
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)In 1996, the World Bank and a network of non-governmental organizations (SAPRIN) started cooperating on an evaluation of 15 years of structural adjustment programs (SAPs). The background of our paper is the criticism raised ... -
Verdensbankens strukturtilpasningsprogrammer: Virkninger og politiske linjeskift
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)Dette notatet bidrar til den offentlige debatten om Verdensbankens rolle langs to dimensjoner. Først defineres de mest sentrale elementene i strukturtilpasningspolitikken og det blir stilt opp en oversikt over de ulike ... -
When Men do Women's Work : Structural Adjustment , Unemployment and Changing Gender Relations in the Informal Economy of Accra, Ghana
(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 ...