Behavioural economics has provided much source of inspiration for public policy in the COVID-19 era. Such is evidently the state of discussion in Ghana, where Ghanaians' so-called stubborn resistance to positive behavioural change is increasingly the target of public and popular criticisms. This...

Governments in Africa are licensing major global ride-hailing firms to launch operations in the continent. This is often presented as a refreshing development for the continent to leverage technology to address its twin problems of inefficient urban transport and rising youth unemployment....

In this chapter, Boateng raises the need for conversation around building collapses, which are becoming a common, tragic occurrence in cities in developing countries. The chapter opens with the conversation on the subject from Ghana. Boateng then shows how the intersectionality of colonial and...

In the past few months, Ghana’s road safety space has seen sustained collaborations between public institutions and a critical mass of private citizens and institutions aimed at making the roads safer. There also has been increased police surveillance, especially during festive periods which...

African countries serve as used vehicle dumping sites for advanced capitalist countries, undermining global and local goals to move toward safe and low-emissions transport. Africa’s used vehicle dependency is commonly explained in terms of push-pull factors linked to demand for new cars and...

The article demonstrates how blockchain technology could be integrated into the management of land transactions in Ghana to reduce incidents of multiple sale/purchase of the same land-one of the major sources of land conflicts in the country

Paper suggests a radical relook at how building safety problems in cities in Africa are approached. Laxity in the implementation of codes and bylaws are not the only concerns! The interconnections between the institutional-historical and global-local political economy factors that result in the...