Working Paper

Working Paper C4. Migration from and to Ghana: A Background Paper

author(s) Anarfi, J.. - Kwankye, S.. - Tiemoko, R..
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Country Background Paper, WP-C4, Sussex, UK, DRC on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, 38 pp

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Abstract

Topics discussed in this paper include: Historical development of emigration from Ghana; Historical development of migration within Ghana and from its neighbours; Main determinants of internal and international migration in Ghana; Characteristics of migrants (including movement of children); Importance of migration for the national economy (remittances, brain drain and return, and forced displacement); and Policies and instruments in relation to mobility

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