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Street vending is a popular economic activity in Accra. Wikimedia Commons

February 28, 2024

Ghana: Street vending helps migrants to survive in Accra, but it’s illegal – a solution for all is needed

Stephen Appiah Takyi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Owusu Amponsah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

Street sales are a source of jobs, income and survival for the urban poor in Ghana.

Head porters from the northern part of Ghana are victims of institutional weakness. Quami/Wikimedia Commons

February 21, 2022

Defying Ghana’s lockdown rules wasn’t simply stubborn: here’s what was going on

Festival Godwin Boateng, Columbia University

Unresolved historical injustices, deepened in new forms, undermined compliance with Ghana’s COVID lockdown.

Markets in Africa’s cities are central to the food chain. But many had to close because of COVID-19 measures. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

May 3, 2020

A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic

Astrid R.N. Haas, International Growth Centre and Rachel Strohm

Safe rural migration programmes are not a substitute for formal social protection. But they could buy governments some time.

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Astrid R.N. Haas
Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
Festival Godwin Boateng
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Rachel Strohm
Co-Founder & Board Chair
Owusu Amponsah
Senior Lecturer, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Stephen Appiah Takyi
Senior Lecturer, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

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