book chapter

Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana

by Xinshen Diao,

Peixun Fang,

Eduardo Magalhaes,

Stefan Pahl and

Jed Silver

2019 | Pages: 33

Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)oxford university press

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.003.0007

Open Access | CC BY-NC-4.0

Citation

Diao, Xinshen; Fang, Peixun; Magalhaes, Eduardo; Pahl, Stefan; and Silver, Jed. 2019. Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana. In Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts. Mueller, Valerie; and Thurlow, James (Eds.). Chapter 7, Pp. 172-204. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.003.0007

Chapter 7 reflects Ghana’s later stage of development by focusing on the link between urban development and the livelihoods available to rural youth living close to cities or towns.