‘Informal Exceptionalism?’ Labour Migrants’ Creative Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Livelihoods in Accra, Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorOteng-Ababio, M.
dc.contributor.authorTanle, A.
dc.contributor.authorAmoah, S.T.
dc.contributor.authorKusi, L.
dc.contributor.authorKosoe, E.A.
dc.contributor.authorBagson, E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-04T09:16:42Z
dc.date.available2019-06-04T09:16:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractIntra- and inter-regional migration is widely described. Prior studies have attribute varied reasons for this development including the quest for greener pastures and unequal development in northern Ghana. What has escaped critical scrutiny is some migrants’ ability to escape extreme rural poverty, albeit in harsh urban environment. Such a missing gap can potentiate high policy failures, hence the need for academic attention. Using a mixed method, we focus on two informal daily livelihoods as exemplars – exceptionalism – in Accra. We see their embedded organisational vitality and dynamic networks as illuminating for good livelihood practices, proper city governance and fostering economic empowerment. We call on city authorities to take cognisance of such complexities and heterogeneity of production–labour relations, failure of which can spell doom for policies ostensibly initiated to curb migration, as they are likely to be underpinned by factual inaccuracies and may result in ill-fated interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0021909618789965
dc.identifier.otherVolume: 54 issue: 1, page(s): 88-103
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/30483
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Asian and African Studiesen_US
dc.subjectUrbanisationen_US
dc.subjectGlobalisationen_US
dc.subjectTrade liberalisationen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectLivelihooden_US
dc.subjectAccraen_US
dc.title‘Informal Exceptionalism?’ Labour Migrants’ Creative Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Livelihoods in Accra, Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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