Ebrima K Ceesay
Biographic Data
| ID | 6902482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ebrima K Ceesay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ebrima K |
| FAMILY NAME | Ceesay |
| SIGNATURE | CEESAY E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2424-1066 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Political Energy of the Backway: Government, Migration, and Youth in The Gambia (2010s–21)
During the 2010s, The Gambia came under the spotlight of the European migration regime because of the numbers of its citizens requesting asylum in Europe. Historically sensitive ethnography highlights the specificity of this phase of Gambian migrations and situates it in the country’s political history. The political energy that the “backway”—as undocumented migrations to Europe have been popularly known in The Gambia since the 2000s—manifested a…
Migration drivers and migration choice: Interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa
The notion of migration as being at least partly about 'choice' is deeply rooted in both academic thought and public policy. Recent contributions have considered migration choice as step-wise in nature, involving a separation between 'aspiration' and 'ability' to migrate, whilst stressing a range of non-economic factors that influence migration choices. But such nuances have not prevented the emergence of a significant area of public policy that …
Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on the Social- Economic Situation: Evidence from the Gambia
This study assesses the social and economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia. The data used in this paper was generated from online survey questionnaire, in which the participants were asked about certain questions in which coronavirus affect social and economic in the Gambia. The questionnaire was designed to help Gambia to understand covid-19 impacts on their social and economic situation. The results of this study reveal that coronavi…
Migration drivers and migration choice: Interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa
The notion of migration as being at least partly about 'choice' is deeply rooted in both academic thought and public policy. Recent contributions have considered migration choice as step-wise in nature, involving a separation between 'aspiration' and 'ability' to migrate, whilst stressing a range of non-economic factors that influence migration choices. But such nuances have not prevented the emergence of a significant area of public policy that …
Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on the Social- Economic Situation: Evidence from the Gambia
This study assesses the social and economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia. The data used in this paper was generated from online survey questionnaire, in which the participants were asked about certain questions in which coronavirus affect social and economic in the Gambia. The questionnaire was designed to help Gambia to understand covid-19 impacts on their social and economic situation. The results of this study reveal that coronavi…
Migration drivers and migration choice: Interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa
The notion of migration as being at least partly about 'choice' is deeply rooted in both academic thought and public policy. Recent contributions have considered migration choice as step-wise in nature, involving a separation between 'aspiration' and 'ability' to migrate, whilst stressing a range of non-economic factors that influence migration choices. But such nuances have not prevented the emergence of a significant area of public policy that …
The Political Energy of the Backway: Government, Migration, and Youth in The Gambia (2010s–21)
During the 2010s, The Gambia came under the spotlight of the European migration regime because of the numbers of its citizens requesting asylum in Europe. Historically sensitive ethnography highlights the specificity of this phase of Gambian migrations and situates it in the country’s political history. The political energy that the “backway”—as undocumented migrations to Europe have been popularly known in The Gambia since the 2000s—manifested a…
Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (1 works) · COVID-19 impact on air quality (1 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (1 works) · Economic geography (1 works)