Alhassan Atta-Quayson
Biographic Data
| ID | 376354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alhassan Atta-Quayson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alhassan |
| FAMILY NAME | Atta-Quayson |
| SIGNATURE | ATTA-QUAYSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Education, Winneba |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2483-8484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of electricity access on learning outcomes in Ghana
Purpose This article investigates the relationship between electricity access and learning outcomes in Ghana, emphasizing the mediating role of digital technology in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a cross-sectional descriptive research design to analyze the effects of electricity access on learning outcomes in Ghana, with digital technology as a mediator. Secondary data were sourced from the sixth (2012/2013) an…
The Impact of Institutions on the Salt Sector in Ghana
The effectiveness of the institutional framework—customs, traditions, laws, regulations, policies—that governs the salt sector in Ghana is here assessed using the political-settlement approach. This framework has minimal effects on the sector, which has been producing considerably below its potential for decades. The resulting pattern of a poor-distant-cousin characterization of the salt sector explains its historically poor performance. Politics…
New Extractivism in Ghana's Salt Sector
Since commercial production of oil and gas started in Ghana over a decade ago, the salt sector which has historically been dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has seen renewed corporate interest. Aided by the state's preference for large-scale mining (LSM) over ASM since the days of the Economic Reform Program, several tens of thousands of acres of areas previously operated by artisanal and small-scale miners for salt mining have …
Mining-induced violent resistance
There has been an upsurge in mining-induced violent resistance within the vicinity of Keta lagoon in Ghana that questions the legitimacy of ongoing large-scale salt production by Kensington Salt Industries Ltd. Between 2013 and 2017, there was a series of violent protests and clashes at Adina and adjoining communities at the eastern banks of Keta lagoon, leading to deaths and to destruction of the company’s property and equipment. The upsurge of …
New Extractivism in Ghana's Salt Sector
Since commercial production of oil and gas started in Ghana over a decade ago, the salt sector which has historically been dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has seen renewed corporate interest. Aided by the state's preference for large-scale mining (LSM) over ASM since the days of the Economic Reform Program, several tens of thousands of acres of areas previously operated by artisanal and small-scale miners for salt mining have …
Mining-induced violent resistance
There has been an upsurge in mining-induced violent resistance within the vicinity of Keta lagoon in Ghana that questions the legitimacy of ongoing large-scale salt production by Kensington Salt Industries Ltd. Between 2013 and 2017, there was a series of violent protests and clashes at Adina and adjoining communities at the eastern banks of Keta lagoon, leading to deaths and to destruction of the company’s property and equipment. The upsurge of …
Mining-induced violent resistance
There has been an upsurge in mining-induced violent resistance within the vicinity of Keta lagoon in Ghana that questions the legitimacy of ongoing large-scale salt production by Kensington Salt Industries Ltd. Between 2013 and 2017, there was a series of violent protests and clashes at Adina and adjoining communities at the eastern banks of Keta lagoon, leading to deaths and to destruction of the company’s property and equipment. The upsurge of …
The Impact of Institutions on the Salt Sector in Ghana
The effectiveness of the institutional framework—customs, traditions, laws, regulations, policies—that governs the salt sector in Ghana is here assessed using the political-settlement approach. This framework has minimal effects on the sector, which has been producing considerably below its potential for decades. The resulting pattern of a poor-distant-cousin characterization of the salt sector explains its historically poor performance. Politics…
New Extractivism in Ghana's Salt Sector
Since commercial production of oil and gas started in Ghana over a decade ago, the salt sector which has historically been dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has seen renewed corporate interest. Aided by the state's preference for large-scale mining (LSM) over ASM since the days of the Economic Reform Program, several tens of thousands of acres of areas previously operated by artisanal and small-scale miners for salt mining have …
Effects of electricity access on learning outcomes in Ghana
Purpose This article investigates the relationship between electricity access and learning outcomes in Ghana, emphasizing the mediating role of digital technology in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a cross-sectional descriptive research design to analyze the effects of electricity access on learning outcomes in Ghana, with digital technology as a mediator. Secondary data were sourced from the sixth (2012/2013) an…
Mining and Resource Management (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Cartography (1 work) · Civil society (1 work) · Conceptualization (1 work)