Regionalism and Public Policy in Northern Ghana Saaka, Yakubu

By:

Saaka, Yakubu

Publication details: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers 2001Description: 268 pagesISBN:

820451452

Subject(s):

Foreign Language Study

DDC classification:

966.7 SAA

Summary: 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).

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English Books	Anna Centenary Library	966.7 SAA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	221128

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).

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