The role of mergers and acquisitions in firm performance. Interviews with 203 migrant farmers suggest that migration from the north to the south is, to a large extent, environmentally induced. Ghana have precipitated the large scale migration of young women seen today. A study on northsouth migration in ghana geest, 2011 concluded that the amount of rainfall and crop yields were negatively correlated with migration at significance levels of one per cent and. Connections between migration and development terre des. Interviews with 203 migrant farmers suggest that migration.
The purpose of this paper is to determine the importance of the environment as a driver of north. Of local places and local people migrating out of poverty. Migration has historically been a way of life in west africa and migration within ghana is no exception. Formed from the merger of distinct settlements around british fort james, dutch. Eachfor environmental change and forced migration scenarios. The paper shows that the youth embark on the southward journey with the anticipation of getting employed so as to earn money to be able to remit to support and improve the wellbeing of relations back home. Increasing population growth in northern ghana is an indication of reduced northsouth migration and. This paper examines the dynamics of northsouth migration of the youth and resulting remittances in ghana using accra and kumasi as study areas. The focus of our research is on a specific group of child migrants children who have migrated from the northern regions to the cities of accra and kumasi, most of. Accra is the capital of ghana covering an area of 225.