Kwadwo Konadu‐agyemang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4584528 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kwadwo Konadu‐agyemang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kwadwo |
| FAMILY NAME | Konadu‐agyemang |
| SIGNATURE | AGYEMANG K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Akron |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
What has Corruption Got to do with it? Understanding the Persistence of Rural-Urban and Inter-Regional Inequalities in Ghana and Zimbabwe
Unequal access, unequal participation
The question of unequal access to education among males and females appears to be universal in the developing world. However, females in Africa seem to suffer more discrimination in terms of access to education. This study revisits the question of gender disparities in educational access in Africa by analyzing data from recent comparative national surveys including the Demographic and Health Surveys, Living Standards Surveys, and World Bank data,…
Structural Adjustment
About the book: Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) are an important feature of contemporary development, yet they are often evaluated in the terms set out by lenders themselves, ignoring the wider implications of SAPs. Structural Adjustment attempts to situate SAPs in a wider development context featuring case material from the UK, USA, Ghana, Mexico, India, Jamaica, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Mali, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone, the book addresses…
The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa
Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang. The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa: Ghana's experience from colonial times to 1998.Westport CT and London: Praeger, 2001, 246 pp., US$65.00, ISBN 0 275 97003 5. - Volume 72 Issue 1
A survey of housing conditions and characteristics in Accra, an African city
This study presents a survey of housing conditions in Accra (Ghana), a city that has experienced tremendous population growth and housing problems since the 1950s. The paper discusses population growth and housing conditions in the city, comparing the situation in the 1950s and the 1990s. It is based primarily on the analysis of surveys conducted in 1954 and 1989 by Acquah and the author, respectively. The survey data is supplemented with data fr…
Structural adjustment programs and housing affordability in Accra, Ghana
Due to the persistent socio‐economic problems that have beset African countries since the late 1970s, many of them have been forced to accept IMF and World Bank sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs). Ghana came under one such program in 1983. While proponents of the program point to growth in GDP and other measures as evidence of successful adjustment in Ghana, critics have pointed to the negative impacts on the labor market, women, far…
Structural adjustment programmes and the international tourism trade in Ghana, 1983-99
Ghana has been undergoing a major economic restructuring programme over the past 16 years. Ghana, whose economy had teetered towards a complete collapse due to a multiplicity of factors, began to implement IMF/World Bank-sponsored economic restructuring programmes in 1983. Among other things, the restructuring programmes have not only sought to open up Ghana to globalization, but also to diversify the economy's dependence on the traditional expor…
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times
Since 1983, Ghana has been undergoing World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs). The implementation of the SAPs, it is claimed, has arrested Ghana's economy from complete collapse, resulted in consistent growth in GDP averaging 6% over the past decade, reduced inflation levels, created budget surplus, and increased export earnings. Compared to the 1970s, these are the best of times indeed. Bu…
Travel Patterns and Coping Strategies of Ghanaian Immigrants in Toronto
Migration among Ghanaians has a long history. Oral traditions hold that most of the people constituting the Akan groups migrated to their present areas from the north, while the Gas emigrated from Nigeria ([Omer-Cooper et al. 1968][1]; [Davidson 1991][2]). Recent episodes of migration have involved
Characteristics and Migration Experience of Africans in Canada With Specific Reference to Ghanaians in Greater Toronto
While the migration of Africans is an age‐old phenomenon, the most documented aspect has been rural‐urban migration. Better life chances in the urban areas, compared with the rural areas compel the young and energetic rural people to migrate to the cities even if their chances of finding decent jobs are slim. In recent times, however, deteriorating national socio‐economic and political conditions have made living conditions in African towns and c…
Housing Conditions and Spatial Organization in Accra, 1950s–1990s 1
Cities in sub-Saharan Africa have been growing rapidly since the 1950s. The growth is evident in terms of both population and spatial expansion. Indeed, cities in this region have in recent years experienced higher growth rates than their counterparts in other Third World regions. Annual average
Reflections on the Absence of Squatter Settlements in West African Cities
Squatter and spontaneous settlements may have acquired the dubious honour of topping the litany of ills and malformations which are often listed as characterising Third World cities. Almost all the literature on Third World urbanisation and housing appears to present the view that the development of squatter settlements has become an inevitable aspect of Third World urban development and that it constitutes the poor urbanites' response to problem…
Unequal access, unequal participation
The question of unequal access to education among males and females appears to be universal in the developing world. However, females in Africa seem to suffer more discrimination in terms of access to education. This study revisits the question of gender disparities in educational access in Africa by analyzing data from recent comparative national surveys including the Demographic and Health Surveys, Living Standards Surveys, and World Bank data,…
The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa
Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang. The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa: Ghana's experience from colonial times to 1998.Westport CT and London: Praeger, 2001, 246 pp., US$65.00, ISBN 0 275 97003 5. - Volume 72 Issue 1
Reflections on the Absence of Squatter Settlements in West African Cities
Squatter and spontaneous settlements may have acquired the dubious honour of topping the litany of ills and malformations which are often listed as characterising Third World cities. Almost all the literature on Third World urbanisation and housing appears to present the view that the development of squatter settlements has become an inevitable aspect of Third World urban development and that it constitutes the poor urbanites' response to problem…
A survey of housing conditions and characteristics in Accra, an African city
This study presents a survey of housing conditions in Accra (Ghana), a city that has experienced tremendous population growth and housing problems since the 1950s. The paper discusses population growth and housing conditions in the city, comparing the situation in the 1950s and the 1990s. It is based primarily on the analysis of surveys conducted in 1954 and 1989 by Acquah and the author, respectively. The survey data is supplemented with data fr…
Structural adjustment programs and housing affordability in Accra, Ghana
Due to the persistent socio‐economic problems that have beset African countries since the late 1970s, many of them have been forced to accept IMF and World Bank sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs). Ghana came under one such program in 1983. While proponents of the program point to growth in GDP and other measures as evidence of successful adjustment in Ghana, critics have pointed to the negative impacts on the labor market, women, far…
Structural adjustment programmes and the international tourism trade in Ghana, 1983-99
Ghana has been undergoing a major economic restructuring programme over the past 16 years. Ghana, whose economy had teetered towards a complete collapse due to a multiplicity of factors, began to implement IMF/World Bank-sponsored economic restructuring programmes in 1983. Among other things, the restructuring programmes have not only sought to open up Ghana to globalization, but also to diversify the economy's dependence on the traditional expor…
Travel Patterns and Coping Strategies of Ghanaian Immigrants in Toronto
Migration among Ghanaians has a long history. Oral traditions hold that most of the people constituting the Akan groups migrated to their present areas from the north, while the Gas emigrated from Nigeria ([Omer-Cooper et al. 1968][1]; [Davidson 1991][2]). Recent episodes of migration have involved
Characteristics and Migration Experience of Africans in Canada With Specific Reference to Ghanaians in Greater Toronto
While the migration of Africans is an age‐old phenomenon, the most documented aspect has been rural‐urban migration. Better life chances in the urban areas, compared with the rural areas compel the young and energetic rural people to migrate to the cities even if their chances of finding decent jobs are slim. In recent times, however, deteriorating national socio‐economic and political conditions have made living conditions in African towns and c…
What has Corruption Got to do with it? Understanding the Persistence of Rural-Urban and Inter-Regional Inequalities in Ghana and Zimbabwe
Reflections on the Absence of Squatter Settlements in West African Cities
Squatter and spontaneous settlements may have acquired the dubious honour of topping the litany of ills and malformations which are often listed as characterising Third World cities. Almost all the literature on Third World urbanisation and housing appears to present the view that the development of squatter settlements has become an inevitable aspect of Third World urban development and that it constitutes the poor urbanites' response to problem…
Housing Conditions and Spatial Organization in Accra, 1950s–1990s 1
Cities in sub-Saharan Africa have been growing rapidly since the 1950s. The growth is evident in terms of both population and spatial expansion. Indeed, cities in this region have in recent years experienced higher growth rates than their counterparts in other Third World regions. Annual average
Characteristics and Migration Experience of Africans in Canada With Specific Reference to Ghanaians in Greater Toronto
While the migration of Africans is an age‐old phenomenon, the most documented aspect has been rural‐urban migration. Better life chances in the urban areas, compared with the rural areas compel the young and energetic rural people to migrate to the cities even if their chances of finding decent jobs are slim. In recent times, however, deteriorating national socio‐economic and political conditions have made living conditions in African towns and c…
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times
Since 1983, Ghana has been undergoing World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs). The implementation of the SAPs, it is claimed, has arrested Ghana's economy from complete collapse, resulted in consistent growth in GDP averaging 6% over the past decade, reduced inflation levels, created budget surplus, and increased export earnings. Compared to the 1970s, these are the best of times indeed. Bu…
Travel Patterns and Coping Strategies of Ghanaian Immigrants in Toronto
Migration among Ghanaians has a long history. Oral traditions hold that most of the people constituting the Akan groups migrated to their present areas from the north, while the Gas emigrated from Nigeria ([Omer-Cooper et al. 1968][1]; [Davidson 1991][2]). Recent episodes of migration have involved
A survey of housing conditions and characteristics in Accra, an African city
This study presents a survey of housing conditions in Accra (Ghana), a city that has experienced tremendous population growth and housing problems since the 1950s. The paper discusses population growth and housing conditions in the city, comparing the situation in the 1950s and the 1990s. It is based primarily on the analysis of surveys conducted in 1954 and 1989 by Acquah and the author, respectively. The survey data is supplemented with data fr…
Structural adjustment programs and housing affordability in Accra, Ghana
Due to the persistent socio‐economic problems that have beset African countries since the late 1970s, many of them have been forced to accept IMF and World Bank sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs). Ghana came under one such program in 1983. While proponents of the program point to growth in GDP and other measures as evidence of successful adjustment in Ghana, critics have pointed to the negative impacts on the labor market, women, far…
Structural adjustment programmes and the international tourism trade in Ghana, 1983-99
Ghana has been undergoing a major economic restructuring programme over the past 16 years. Ghana, whose economy had teetered towards a complete collapse due to a multiplicity of factors, began to implement IMF/World Bank-sponsored economic restructuring programmes in 1983. Among other things, the restructuring programmes have not only sought to open up Ghana to globalization, but also to diversify the economy's dependence on the traditional expor…
Structural Adjustment
About the book: Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) are an important feature of contemporary development, yet they are often evaluated in the terms set out by lenders themselves, ignoring the wider implications of SAPs. Structural Adjustment attempts to situate SAPs in a wider development context featuring case material from the UK, USA, Ghana, Mexico, India, Jamaica, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Mali, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone, the book addresses…
The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa
Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang. The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa: Ghana's experience from colonial times to 1998.Westport CT and London: Praeger, 2001, 246 pp., US$65.00, ISBN 0 275 97003 5. - Volume 72 Issue 1
Unequal access, unequal participation
The question of unequal access to education among males and females appears to be universal in the developing world. However, females in Africa seem to suffer more discrimination in terms of access to education. This study revisits the question of gender disparities in educational access in Africa by analyzing data from recent comparative national surveys including the Demographic and Health Surveys, Living Standards Surveys, and World Bank data,…
What has Corruption Got to do with it? Understanding the Persistence of Rural-Urban and Inter-Regional Inequalities in Ghana and Zimbabwe
Economics (12 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Demography (3 works)