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Regionalism and Public Policy in Northern Ghana
Saaka, Yakubu
Regionalism and Public Policy in Northern Ghana Saaka, Yakubu - Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers 2001 - 268 pages
Annotation Northern Ghana, while accounting for only 20% of the national population, is home to over 80% of the poorest tenth of that population. The region's main contribution to the national economy is unskilled labor. Essays assembled here explain how the region acquired this status and why its underdevelopment persists. Academics of Ghana trace the genesis of the situation in Northern Ghana to the pattern of neglect set by policy makers in the early colonial period. Saaka, a former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ghana, teaches African American studies at Oberlin College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
820451452
Foreign Language Study
966.7 / SAA
Regionalism and Public Policy in Northern Ghana Saaka, Yakubu - Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers 2001 - 268 pages
Annotation Northern Ghana, while accounting for only 20% of the national population, is home to over 80% of the poorest tenth of that population. The region's main contribution to the national economy is unskilled labor. Essays assembled here explain how the region acquired this status and why its underdevelopment persists. Academics of Ghana trace the genesis of the situation in Northern Ghana to the pattern of neglect set by policy makers in the early colonial period. Saaka, a former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ghana, teaches African American studies at Oberlin College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
820451452
Foreign Language Study
966.7 / SAA