Abdul‐rahim Mohammed
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 259943 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Abdul‐rahim Mohammed |
| PRENOMES | Abdul‐rahim |
| SOBRENOME | Mohammed |
| ASSINATURA | MOHAMMED A R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University for Development Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3916-9386 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
“I asked her to stop schooling”
Like a Kid's Book’
It is a moral imperative to conduct the consent process in a way that is understandable, engaging and meaningful for children. This underscores the necessity of obtaining consent through age‐ and culturally appropriate methods and content. Using qualitative, participatory visual research methods, this study aimed to gather feedback on a visual informed consent (VIC) storybook among 17 primary school‐aged children in Canada, Ghana and Laos. Partic…
We Have to Charge Levies, Else We Will Close Down the Schools ”. Delivering Ghana’s education capitation grant programme within chronic resource constraints
Financial barriers to education such as the payment of school fees have long been identified as a key driver of the perennially high out-of-school rates in developing countries. Accordingly, Ghana implemented the education capitation grant (CG) policy in 2005 as part of efforts to universalise access to primary education. At its core, the policy abolishes the payment of school fees and levies and replaces these with a government-funded per capita…
Debt Bondage, Juju Rituals and Street Thuggery
Despite increased global awareness of the harmful and exploitative nature of the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth (CSEC), as well as governments' determination to end the practice, the CSEC still thrives. In recent years, Ghana's northern regional capital, Tamale, has seen a surge in the number of young Nigerian women trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). Given the openly hostile attitudes towards the practice,…
Methodological and Ethical Reflections on Researching With Children of Accused Witches in Ghanaian Witches' Camps
Motivated by calls for qualitative researchers to document their field experiences and challenges (especially while researching vulnerable participants), this paper reflects on the methodological and ethical challenges we encountered in a qualitative study with children living in Ghanaian witches' camps - communities where women accused of witchcraft live in isolation. The empirical research upon which this article is based is a wider qualitative…
Researching With Young Nigerian Girls Trafficked Into Commercial Sex Exploitation in Northern Ghana
There have been calls for researchers, especially within the qualitative paradigm, to document and discuss the challenges they experience on the field while researching sensitive topics or with vulnerable groups, as failure to do so creates a missed opportunity for researchers to learn from one another. Accordingly, in this article, we reflect on the several layers of fieldwork challenges we experienced while researching with a vulnerable group (…
The hidden costs of austerity for social programmes in the Global South
Promoted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in particular, fiscal austerity measures have been extensively implemented across the world in the last decade as a policy prescription to address the impacts of economic shocks. Consequently, the implementation of austerity has engendered a vast body of austerity impact assessment literature in the Global North, in particular. Although austerity measures have been equally implemented (and longer)…
They are my people, add them!” The politicisation of poverty reduction programmes in the Global South
Numerous impact assessments have shown that Ghana's cash transfer programme, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), has contributed to poverty alleviation and improved schooling. Although the LEAP programme has been extensively evaluated, its political dimensions have been under-researched. Within this context, the present article aimed at understanding the pathways of politicising the LEAP programme. Drawing on semi-structured interv…
How has community-led total sanitation (CLTS) affected open defecation in urban communities in the Tamale Metropolis
Children's lives in an era of school closures
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID‐19 a global pandemic. Subsequently, governments worldwide implemented strict regimes of lockdowns and school closures to contain the transmission of the virus. Ghana's government on 15 March 2020 also announced a lockdown and closure of schools, lasting up till January 2021. Against this backdrop, the paper examined the implications of school closures on child labour in Ghana. Qualita…
Effect of social protection programmes on household food security
Discretion on the frontlines of the implementation of the Ghana School Feeding Programme
Ghana's economy faltered in 2012, culminating in the country requesting a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Typical of IMF financial assistance, the approval of this bailout was hinged on the government agreeing to implement some conditionalities. In fulfilment of the IMF conditionalities, the government in 2015 adopted fiscal austerity. Using Michael Lipsky's Street‐Level Bureaucrat conceptual framework, this paper investigates…
Quietly bearing the brunt of austerity in school
The dominant food security literature that reports on children's experiences of food insecurity rely on adult/parent proxies. Nevertheless, studies have shown that adult narrations of children's experiences might not always accurately reflect children's experiences. Furthermore, other studies have also shown that in many cases, children are the best reporters of their experiences. Against this background, this paper sets out to explore, from scho…
The politicisation of social programmes
The dominant discourses on the politicisation of social policy in the Global South mainly focus on analysing the effects of clientelism through the lens of voting behaviour or electoral outcomes. This paper goes beyond the dominant voting behaviour lens by arguing that the effects of political clientelism go well beyond the scope of electoral outcomes. Using qualitative data from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the paper shows how the …
How Austerity Undermines School Feeding Programmes
Starting in 2015, the government of Ghana implemented austerity as a response to economic challenges in the country. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to demonstrate how a political climate of austerity undermines the goal of linking local agricultural production to school feeding markets. The paper draws on one-on-one semi-structured in-depth interviews with 25 service providers and one expert from the international NGO SEND-Ghana to examine …
We are Hungry but We Won’t Eat the Food’
Following the introduction of the concept of agency by the New Sociology of Childhood, the concept has dominated discourses about children's everyday lives. Nevertheless, little is known about schoolchildren's agency in their daily interactions with the service providers of Ghana's school feeding programme. Through this qualitative study, the paper provides empirical evidence to show how children in restrictive contexts exercise ‘thin’ agency in …
Austerity is impeding children’s education
The latest round of fiscal austerity in Ghana has meant that the feeding rate paid to the service providers of Ghana’s school feeding programme is both frozen and unrealistically low. Accordingly, service providers adopt discretionary coping strategies. This qualitative case study, therefore, explores the impacts of austerity on children’s school engagement. Relying on semi-structured interviews with school children in two public primary schools,…
Austerity is impeding children’s education
The latest round of fiscal austerity in Ghana has meant that the feeding rate paid to the service providers of Ghana’s school feeding programme is both frozen and unrealistically low. Accordingly, service providers adopt discretionary coping strategies. This qualitative case study, therefore, explores the impacts of austerity on children’s school engagement. Relying on semi-structured interviews with school children in two public primary schools,…
They are my people, add them!” The politicisation of poverty reduction programmes in the Global South
Numerous impact assessments have shown that Ghana's cash transfer programme, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), has contributed to poverty alleviation and improved schooling. Although the LEAP programme has been extensively evaluated, its political dimensions have been under-researched. Within this context, the present article aimed at understanding the pathways of politicising the LEAP programme. Drawing on semi-structured interv…
Quietly bearing the brunt of austerity in school
The dominant food security literature that reports on children's experiences of food insecurity rely on adult/parent proxies. Nevertheless, studies have shown that adult narrations of children's experiences might not always accurately reflect children's experiences. Furthermore, other studies have also shown that in many cases, children are the best reporters of their experiences. Against this background, this paper sets out to explore, from scho…
The politicisation of social programmes
The dominant discourses on the politicisation of social policy in the Global South mainly focus on analysing the effects of clientelism through the lens of voting behaviour or electoral outcomes. This paper goes beyond the dominant voting behaviour lens by arguing that the effects of political clientelism go well beyond the scope of electoral outcomes. Using qualitative data from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the paper shows how the …
How Austerity Undermines School Feeding Programmes
Starting in 2015, the government of Ghana implemented austerity as a response to economic challenges in the country. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to demonstrate how a political climate of austerity undermines the goal of linking local agricultural production to school feeding markets. The paper draws on one-on-one semi-structured in-depth interviews with 25 service providers and one expert from the international NGO SEND-Ghana to examine …
We are Hungry but We Won’t Eat the Food’
Following the introduction of the concept of agency by the New Sociology of Childhood, the concept has dominated discourses about children's everyday lives. Nevertheless, little is known about schoolchildren's agency in their daily interactions with the service providers of Ghana's school feeding programme. Through this qualitative study, the paper provides empirical evidence to show how children in restrictive contexts exercise ‘thin’ agency in …
Austerity is impeding children’s education
The latest round of fiscal austerity in Ghana has meant that the feeding rate paid to the service providers of Ghana’s school feeding programme is both frozen and unrealistically low. Accordingly, service providers adopt discretionary coping strategies. This qualitative case study, therefore, explores the impacts of austerity on children’s school engagement. Relying on semi-structured interviews with school children in two public primary schools,…
Effect of social protection programmes on household food security
Discretion on the frontlines of the implementation of the Ghana School Feeding Programme
Ghana's economy faltered in 2012, culminating in the country requesting a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Typical of IMF financial assistance, the approval of this bailout was hinged on the government agreeing to implement some conditionalities. In fulfilment of the IMF conditionalities, the government in 2015 adopted fiscal austerity. Using Michael Lipsky's Street‐Level Bureaucrat conceptual framework, this paper investigates…
Quietly bearing the brunt of austerity in school
The dominant food security literature that reports on children's experiences of food insecurity rely on adult/parent proxies. Nevertheless, studies have shown that adult narrations of children's experiences might not always accurately reflect children's experiences. Furthermore, other studies have also shown that in many cases, children are the best reporters of their experiences. Against this background, this paper sets out to explore, from scho…
The politicisation of social programmes
The dominant discourses on the politicisation of social policy in the Global South mainly focus on analysing the effects of clientelism through the lens of voting behaviour or electoral outcomes. This paper goes beyond the dominant voting behaviour lens by arguing that the effects of political clientelism go well beyond the scope of electoral outcomes. Using qualitative data from the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the paper shows how the …
How has community-led total sanitation (CLTS) affected open defecation in urban communities in the Tamale Metropolis
Children's lives in an era of school closures
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID‐19 a global pandemic. Subsequently, governments worldwide implemented strict regimes of lockdowns and school closures to contain the transmission of the virus. Ghana's government on 15 March 2020 also announced a lockdown and closure of schools, lasting up till January 2021. Against this backdrop, the paper examined the implications of school closures on child labour in Ghana. Qualita…
The hidden costs of austerity for social programmes in the Global South
Promoted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in particular, fiscal austerity measures have been extensively implemented across the world in the last decade as a policy prescription to address the impacts of economic shocks. Consequently, the implementation of austerity has engendered a vast body of austerity impact assessment literature in the Global North, in particular. Although austerity measures have been equally implemented (and longer)…
They are my people, add them!” The politicisation of poverty reduction programmes in the Global South
Numerous impact assessments have shown that Ghana's cash transfer programme, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), has contributed to poverty alleviation and improved schooling. Although the LEAP programme has been extensively evaluated, its political dimensions have been under-researched. Within this context, the present article aimed at understanding the pathways of politicising the LEAP programme. Drawing on semi-structured interv…
Like a Kid's Book’
It is a moral imperative to conduct the consent process in a way that is understandable, engaging and meaningful for children. This underscores the necessity of obtaining consent through age‐ and culturally appropriate methods and content. Using qualitative, participatory visual research methods, this study aimed to gather feedback on a visual informed consent (VIC) storybook among 17 primary school‐aged children in Canada, Ghana and Laos. Partic…
We Have to Charge Levies, Else We Will Close Down the Schools ”. Delivering Ghana’s education capitation grant programme within chronic resource constraints
Financial barriers to education such as the payment of school fees have long been identified as a key driver of the perennially high out-of-school rates in developing countries. Accordingly, Ghana implemented the education capitation grant (CG) policy in 2005 as part of efforts to universalise access to primary education. At its core, the policy abolishes the payment of school fees and levies and replaces these with a government-funded per capita…
Debt Bondage, Juju Rituals and Street Thuggery
Despite increased global awareness of the harmful and exploitative nature of the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth (CSEC), as well as governments' determination to end the practice, the CSEC still thrives. In recent years, Ghana's northern regional capital, Tamale, has seen a surge in the number of young Nigerian women trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). Given the openly hostile attitudes towards the practice,…
Methodological and Ethical Reflections on Researching With Children of Accused Witches in Ghanaian Witches' Camps
Motivated by calls for qualitative researchers to document their field experiences and challenges (especially while researching vulnerable participants), this paper reflects on the methodological and ethical challenges we encountered in a qualitative study with children living in Ghanaian witches' camps - communities where women accused of witchcraft live in isolation. The empirical research upon which this article is based is a wider qualitative…
Researching With Young Nigerian Girls Trafficked Into Commercial Sex Exploitation in Northern Ghana
There have been calls for researchers, especially within the qualitative paradigm, to document and discuss the challenges they experience on the field while researching sensitive topics or with vulnerable groups, as failure to do so creates a missed opportunity for researchers to learn from one another. Accordingly, in this article, we reflect on the several layers of fieldwork challenges we experienced while researching with a vulnerable group (…
“I asked her to stop schooling”
Economic growth (11 obras) · Economics (11 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Business (8 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · Agriculture (5 obras) · Austerity (5 obras)