This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing … literature emphasizes two mechanisms through which land restrictions can affect the economic outcomes: the collateral value of … land, and (in) security of property rights. Analysis of this paper focuses on an alternative mechanism where land …

Creating productive jobs is one of the greatest challenges in Ghana. This paper looks at job creation and its …

Ghana is an exceptional case in the Sub-Saharan Africa landscape. Together with a handful of other countries, Ghana … are available. In addition, different from many other countries in the continent, Ghana's rapid growth translated into …

This papers investigates to what extent internal migration contributes to improving households' welfare in Ghana. Using … the most recent and nationally representative household survey (Ghana Living Standards Survey 2012/13), the estimates … economic activity. However, the migration process in Ghana has important downsides, such as the brain drain and disruption of …

in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices …

mining is a catalyst for proto-urbanization in rural Ghana. Using cross-sectional data, the analysis finds that locations …

Ghana's economic growth picked up in the early 2000s and has been exceptionally strong over the past few years, with … paper examines recent econometric evidence on Ghana's long-term growth and evaluates its sustainability. The empirical … evidence surveyed finds that Ghana's main growth drivers were investment, oil, and mineral rents, while government consumption …