Alex Boakye Asiedu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 157767 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alex Boakye Asiedu |
| PRENOMES | Alex Boakye |
| SOBRENOME | Asiedu |
| ASSINATURA | ASIEDU A B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7095-5465 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 78 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Secondary cities at the residential housing frontier
The contribution of non-cash remittances to the welfare of households in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana
This study examined the flow of non-cash remittances in the Kassena-Nankana District in Ghana. Twenty in-depth interviews were held with recipients (respondents) of non-cash remittances and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that non-cash remittances were in the form of foodstuff and electronic appliances and they were used for various purposes. The perspectives and experiences of respondents indicate that these tra…
Impacts of Ghana's Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
I am Going Home
The aim of this study is to examine how Kenyan migrants intentions to return home influence their participation in transnational activities like sending remittances, investments and return visits. In this study, our focus is on Kenyans living in the UK, USA, Canada and Ghana. A concurrent mixed method approach was used in data collection and analysis. This included a web survey of 212 respondents, 21 in-depth interviews and 5 focus group discussi…
Learning and Envisioning under Climatic Uncertainty
Learning about and embracing change and uncertainty are essential for responding to climate change. Creativity, critical reflection, and cogenerative inquiry can enhance adaptive capacity, or the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to adverse future impacts. However, precisely how learning about change and its driving forces occurs and how experiences are combined with envisioned yet indefinite prospects of the future are poorly under…
Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana
Some Perspectives on the Migration of Skilled Professionals from Ghana
In the last four decades, transnational movements of both skilled and unskilled labor from developing countries to the advanced industrial economies have witnessed an unprecedented growth. Motivated largely by deteriorating livelihood conditions in the developing world and increasing demand for wealthy and highly skilled professionals in the developed economies, these movements have attracted a great deal of research attention and inspired public…
The rise of gated housing estates in Ghana
An Asanteman-World Bank Heritage Development Initiative in Promoting Partnership with Ghanaian Traditional Leaders
Alex B. Asiedu, Kwame A. Labi, Brempong Osei-Tutu, An Asanteman–World Bank Heritage Development Initiative in Promoting Partnership with Ghanaian Traditional Leaders, Africa Today, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 2-26
Some benefits of migrants' return visits to Ghana
This paper explores some of the benefits associated with expatriates' temporary return visits to Ghana. These return trips to one's place of origin or birth, commonly referred to as ‘visiting friends and relatives’ (VFR) tourism, represent one of the major outcomes of the migration–tourism nexus. The benefits assessed in this study relate to donations, expenditures and investments made in Ghana by these visiting expatriates. Using two data‐sets d…
Determinants of home-ownership in Kumasi, Ghana
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 99: 81–88, 1999 This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of homeownership determinants that makes use of household level data from Kumasi, Ghana. Among the variables investigated, permanent income, represented by household expenditure was the most critical factor influencing the probability of owning a home in Kumasi. Other significant, relevant factors, that reflected the study's …
Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana
The rise of gated housing estates in Ghana
Some benefits of migrants' return visits to Ghana
This paper explores some of the benefits associated with expatriates' temporary return visits to Ghana. These return trips to one's place of origin or birth, commonly referred to as ‘visiting friends and relatives’ (VFR) tourism, represent one of the major outcomes of the migration–tourism nexus. The benefits assessed in this study relate to donations, expenditures and investments made in Ghana by these visiting expatriates. Using two data‐sets d…
Learning and Envisioning under Climatic Uncertainty
Learning about and embracing change and uncertainty are essential for responding to climate change. Creativity, critical reflection, and cogenerative inquiry can enhance adaptive capacity, or the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to adverse future impacts. However, precisely how learning about change and its driving forces occurs and how experiences are combined with envisioned yet indefinite prospects of the future are poorly under…
Impacts of Ghana's Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
Some Perspectives on the Migration of Skilled Professionals from Ghana
In the last four decades, transnational movements of both skilled and unskilled labor from developing countries to the advanced industrial economies have witnessed an unprecedented growth. Motivated largely by deteriorating livelihood conditions in the developing world and increasing demand for wealthy and highly skilled professionals in the developed economies, these movements have attracted a great deal of research attention and inspired public…
Determinants of home-ownership in Kumasi, Ghana
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 99: 81–88, 1999 This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of homeownership determinants that makes use of household level data from Kumasi, Ghana. Among the variables investigated, permanent income, represented by household expenditure was the most critical factor influencing the probability of owning a home in Kumasi. Other significant, relevant factors, that reflected the study's …
Some benefits of migrants' return visits to Ghana
This paper explores some of the benefits associated with expatriates' temporary return visits to Ghana. These return trips to one's place of origin or birth, commonly referred to as ‘visiting friends and relatives’ (VFR) tourism, represent one of the major outcomes of the migration–tourism nexus. The benefits assessed in this study relate to donations, expenditures and investments made in Ghana by these visiting expatriates. Using two data‐sets d…
The rise of gated housing estates in Ghana
An Asanteman-World Bank Heritage Development Initiative in Promoting Partnership with Ghanaian Traditional Leaders
Alex B. Asiedu, Kwame A. Labi, Brempong Osei-Tutu, An Asanteman–World Bank Heritage Development Initiative in Promoting Partnership with Ghanaian Traditional Leaders, Africa Today, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 2-26
Some Perspectives on the Migration of Skilled Professionals from Ghana
In the last four decades, transnational movements of both skilled and unskilled labor from developing countries to the advanced industrial economies have witnessed an unprecedented growth. Motivated largely by deteriorating livelihood conditions in the developing world and increasing demand for wealthy and highly skilled professionals in the developed economies, these movements have attracted a great deal of research attention and inspired public…
Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana
Learning and Envisioning under Climatic Uncertainty
Learning about and embracing change and uncertainty are essential for responding to climate change. Creativity, critical reflection, and cogenerative inquiry can enhance adaptive capacity, or the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to adverse future impacts. However, precisely how learning about change and its driving forces occurs and how experiences are combined with envisioned yet indefinite prospects of the future are poorly under…
I am Going Home
The aim of this study is to examine how Kenyan migrants intentions to return home influence their participation in transnational activities like sending remittances, investments and return visits. In this study, our focus is on Kenyans living in the UK, USA, Canada and Ghana. A concurrent mixed method approach was used in data collection and analysis. This included a web survey of 212 respondents, 21 in-depth interviews and 5 focus group discussi…
Impacts of Ghana's Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
The contribution of non-cash remittances to the welfare of households in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana
This study examined the flow of non-cash remittances in the Kassena-Nankana District in Ghana. Twenty in-depth interviews were held with recipients (respondents) of non-cash remittances and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that non-cash remittances were in the form of foodstuff and electronic appliances and they were used for various purposes. The perspectives and experiences of respondents indicate that these tra…
Secondary cities at the residential housing frontier
Business (8 obras) · Economics (8 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Demographic economics (5 obras) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 obras) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Socioeconomics (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras)