1st Edition
The Changing Economy of the Lower Volta 1954-67 A Study in the Dynanics of Rural Economic Growth
By Rowena M. Lawson
Copyright 1972
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1972 this study analyses the process of economic growth and social change in the riparian communities of the Lower Volta River in Ghana, which came about in large part due to the construction of the Volta dam in 1963. With its completion many of the riparian communities were denied the ecconomic advatages of natural irrigation and water flow for inland fisheries,... Read more
Part 1 1. Introduction
2. Methodology
Part 2: The Empirical Study 1. General Features of the Economy
2. Agriculture 3. Volta Fisheries
4. The Clam Industry
5. Cattle
6. Changes in Trading Activities in the Lower Volta, 1954-64
7. Changes in Income and Wealth, 1954-64
Part 3: Economic Processes of Change
Biography
Rowena M. Lawson
