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Ghanaian Mobilities, Intersecting Inequalities and Transnational Activities

Ghanaian Mobilities, Intersecting Inequalities and Transnational Activities. By: Leander Kandilige Supported by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) with a Postgraduate Research Award. Research site. WHY?. Research on movement from global South to North

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Ghanaian Mobilities, Intersecting Inequalities and Transnational Activities

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  1. Ghanaian Mobilities, Intersecting Inequalities and Transnational Activities By: Leander Kandilige Supported by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) with a Postgraduate Research Award

  2. Research site

  3. WHY? Research on movement from global South to North Remittance-development nexus in sending states (Testas, 2002; de Haas, 2003; Stark and Wang, 2002) Why migrants are interested in transnational activities (Manuh, 1998; Smith and Guarnizo, 1998; Vertovec and Cohen, 1999; Faist, 2000; and Itzigsohn, 2000) But no link between intrinsic inequalities, mobilities and transnational activities

  4. Methods UK GHANA 364 Surveys (247 in Eastern region and 117 in Upper East region) among head of households 20 in-depth interviews Ethnographic study (3 months) Secondary data from BOG , GSS and GNA • Scoping exercise (20 respondents) • 20 In-depth interviews • 120 surveys among two communities • Ethnographic study (8 months)

  5. Inequality and mobility • Ecology and natural resources • Colonial policies • Lack of political will • Poverty and illiteracy • Pattern of mobility • Socio-cultural differences • Established social structures and hometown associations • Investment behaviour of migrants

  6. Migration and livelihood outcomes • Living standards • Education • Health • Employment • Electricity and Water • Income distribution • Greater income inequalities in the Upper East than Eastern region

  7. Geographic Scale of Analysis Whose development is it anyway?

  8. The Housing conundrum

  9. The Migrant Ghost Villas

  10. General Housing arrangements, Upper East Region

  11. Emerging migrant influence

  12. Conclusions and missing links

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