Migration and the opportunity structure a Ghanaian case study: summary
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP);Metadata
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The Ghanaian opportunity structure in rural and urban areas is analysed from the viewpoint of a highly mobile ethnic group, the Frafras of N.E. Ghana. Although it is widely recognized that rural economic activity is not all agricultural and that the "modern sector" is by no means wholly identifiable with urban areas, the practice of most observers has been to link a number of overlapping typologies within the framework of one ideal typical pair of opposites. These crude two-sector developmental models are inadequate for classifying opportunities s to would-be migrants in a situation as complexes modern Ghana. This paper compares recent developments affecting the Frafras today with Fortes' account of part of the same group in the 1930 's. Encroaching urbanization and economic diversification in the home area has reduced the gap between town and country in modern Ghana. Migration rates have also increased rapidly since the war, as improved transport facilities have curtailed the distance between North and South.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Institute for Economic Development and Planning(IDEP) Migration and the opportunity structure a Ghanaian case study: summary. Dakar. © UN. IDEP. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/42581”Collections
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