However, not much attention ha s been paid to how climate change induce d. Simplified map of international migration routes in and from west and north africa. Migration is increasingly recognized as a major human. Northsouth migration, has been an important direction of flow in ghana and indeed the entire. Drivers of northsouth migration in the wa west district. Labor migration among the dagaaba of the upper west region of. The preparation of this guide on the use of migration data in ghana, initiated under the. Coast from the 1400s onwards disrupted the then existing northsouth. However, the contact with europeans created new patterns of. This paper may be reproduced free of charge in any format provided the source is.
This paper may be reproduced free of charge in any format provided the source is acknowledged. The case of rice farmers in some selected rural communities in the. Pdf this paper revisits the old northsouth migration discourse in ghana by focusing on nandom youth migrants in accra. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2 92,099 sq mi, ghana is bordered by the ivory coast in the west, burkina faso in the north. This phenomenon is due to northsouth migration which has been widely attributed to low. For the first time in the history of ghana, the government of ghana has formulated a comprehensive national migration policy nmp to help manage its internal, intraregional and international migration flows for poverty reduction and sustained national development. In ghana, remittances were found to help households to minimize the effects of economic. Diis publications can be downloaded free of charge from. Main determinants of internal and international migration in ghana. Ghana states parties to united nations legal instruments year ratified. Europeans on the west coast from the 1400s onwards disrupted the then existing northsouth movement of people and goods. Migration from and to ghana 3 this paper may be reproduced free of charge in any format provided the source is acknowledged.
Ghanaian migrants expelled from ni geria in 1983 and 1985 migrated to other parts. Ghana officially the republic of ghana, is a country located along the gulf of guinea and atlantic ocean, in the subregion of west africa. The movement of youth from rural northern ghana to the south has been a recurrent research focus. Free university of amsterdam, amsterdam, the netherlands, 2003. Pdf climate change, migration and development in ghana. Migration in ghana migration in ghana iom publications. Grasslands mixed with south coastal shrublands and forests dominate ghana. It explores the perspectives of resident nandom youth migrants in accra with. This paper examines the dynamics of northsouth migration of the youth and resulting remittances in ghana using accra and kumasi as study areas. This paper revisits the old northsouth migration discourse in ghana by focusing on nandom youth migrants in accra.
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