Youth Forward focuses on economically disadvantaged young people, aged 15-24, living in Ghana and Uganda who are on a low income (living on less than $2 a day), out of school, unemployed or underemployed, and moving through a transition point in their life. Ghana has achieved significant economic growth and development since its transition to…
Ghana’s construction sector is a growth industry with potential to address youth unemployment. This paper identifies opportunities for young people to access jobs within the sector, as well as barriers preventing their participation. Low-cost housing is found to be the most promising sub-sector for young people to access employment. However, this requires government land and…
REDUCING FOOD IMPORT BILLS: HOW CAN GHANA LEARN FROM THE JAMAICAN EXAMPLE? Both Ghana and Jamaica are developing countries that have substantial proportions of their populations relying on agriculture for subsistence. Whilst Ghana is still struggling to cut down on food imports, Jamaica has successfully reduced food imports by substantially increasing output in agriculture. On…
The importance of cassava in Ghana cannot be denied. Apart from being the main ingredient of daily staple food enjoyed in many Ghanaian households – fufu, akple, to some extent gari, Cassava has undoubtedly proven itself to be a resilient and food security crop, though regarded by many to be a reserve crop for the…