Arguably the most marginalized of all the regions of Ghana, Northern Ghana, while accounting for only 20% of the national population, is home to over 80% of the poorest tenth of that population. Its main contribution to the national economy is unskilled labor. The critical essays assembled in this collection explain how the region acquired this status and why its underdevelopment persists. The contributors trace the genesis of this unfortunate situation in the North to the pattern of neglect set by policymakers in the early colonial period.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-10
0820451452
ISBN-13
9780820451459
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1865491
Product Key Features
Author
Yakubu Saaka
Publication Name
Regionalism and Public Policy in Northern Ghana
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Publication Year
2001
Series
Society and Politics in Africa Ser.
Type
Language Course
Number of Pages
Xi, 242 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
10
Number of Volumes
0 Vols.
Lc Classification Number
Jq3026.R43r44 2001
Edition Description
New Edition
Table of Content
Contents: Yakubu Saaka: Introduction - Raymond B. Bening: Administrative Boundaries of Northern Ghana, 1898-1951 - Benedict G. Der: The Traditional Political Systems of Northern Ghana Reconsidered - Albert K. Awedoba: Matrimonial Prestations Among the Kasena of Navrongo - Albert K. Awedoba: Kusasi Matrimonial Prestations and Exploitation: The Major Moreton Legacy - Benedict G. Der: Christian Missions and the Expansion of Western Education in Northern Ghana, 1906-1975 - Yakubu Saaka: North-South Relations and the Colonial Enterprise in Ghana - Jacob Songsore: The Decline of Rural Commons in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Upper West Region of Ghana - S. B. Kendie /A. M. Abane: User Committees and Sustainable Development of Drinking Water Services in Rural Northern Ghana - Jacob Songsore: The Economic Recovery Program/Structural Adjustment Program; Its Likely Impact on the «Distant» Rural Poor in Northern Ghana - Jacob Songsore/Aloysius Denkabe/Charles D. Jebuni/Steven Ayidiya: Challenges of Education in Northern Ghana: A Case for Northern Ghana Education Trust Fund (NETFUND).
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Miscellaneous, WORLD / African, General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Lccn
00-034883
Dewey Decimal
966.7
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
Foreign Language Study, History, Political Science