Browsing by Subject "Ghana"
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Ghana's New Oil: Cause for Jubilation or Prelude to the Resource Curse?
(2009-12-04)Ghana is a small West African nation of 23 million people. In 2007, the largest oil and gas discovery in Africa in the last decade was made by the US-based oil and gas company, Kosmos Energy, 75 miles offshore Ghana. The ... -
Imperial policing and the antinomies of power in early colonial Ghana
(International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2020-01-01)In the nineteenth century, constabulary officers in the British Gold Coast were emancipated slaves purchased for conscription. From 1870 to 1900, British officials bought enslaved men of “Hausa” origin, hailing from the ... -
Intimate Partner Communication and Early Stimulation during Pregnancy in Northern Ghana
(2020)Background: Global research on early childhood development is growing; however, there is still an evidence gap regarding how caregiver characteristics can affect a child’s development. Early childhood development begins ... -
Managing Diabetes in Urban Ghana: Is it Affordable?
(2015)Background: In recent decades there has been an escalating epidemic of diabetes in Ghana. However, there has been little research on the economic burdens associated with diabetes in Ghana, despite diabetes's costly nature. ... -
OF DEBT AND BONDAGE: FROM SLAVERY TO PRISONS IN THE GOLD COAST, c. 1807–1957
(The Journal of African History, 2020-03)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Contrary to the belief that prisons never predated colonial rule in Africa, this article traces their emergence in the Gold Coast after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. ... -
Prison of the Womb: Gender, Incarceration, and Capitalism on the Gold Coast of West Africa, c. 1500–1957
(Comparative Studies in Society and History, 2023)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>To date, studies of imprisonment and incarceration have focused on the growth of male-gendered penal institutions. This essay offers a provocative addition to the global study ... -
Public-Private Partnership Design for Inclusive Cocoa Global Value Chains in Ghana
(2016-06-22)Within 10 years, there could be a severe global shortage in the supply of cocoa, according to industry practitioners and other experts. Due to global population growth and the emergence of a growing global middle class, ... -
Strong Institutions in Weak States: Institution Building, Natural Resource Governance, and Conflict in Ghana and Sierra Leone
(2017)Since the end of the Cold War, natural resources have assumed an increasingly prominent role in security, conflict, and peace studies. Scholars and development practitioners alike view the development of strong institutions, ... -
Teaching neuraxial anesthesia techniques for obstetric care in a Ghanaian referral hospital: achievements and obstacles.
(Anesth Analg, 2015-06)Anesthesia providers in low-income countries may infrequently provide regional anesthesia techniques for obstetrics due to insufficient training and supplies, limited manpower, and a lack of perceived need. In 2007, Kybele, ... -
The Barriers to the Integration of the Uterine Balloon Tamponade into South Africa and Ghana's Health Systems for the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
(2016)BackgroundPostpartum hemorrhage is the most significant contributor to maternal mortality globally, claiming 140,000 lives annually. Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal death in South Africa, with the literature ... -
The Miraculous Life: Scenes from the Charismatic Encounter in Northern Ghana
(2012)This dissertation examines the recent influx of Pentecostal-charismatic churches into the Northern Region of Ghana, a rural, underdeveloped region whose predominantly Muslim population has increasingly become the target ...
