Resources

• Ghana National Youth Policy 2010
• Youth Development Interventions in Ghana: Policy and Practice (2014)
• Youth Employment Programs in Ghana (2020)

Academic Publications

• Dako-Gyeke, M. (2016).
  Exploring the migration intentions of Ghanaian youth: a qualitative study
  Journal of International Migration and Integration, 17: 723-744.
• Esson, J. (2015).
  You have to try your luck: male Ghanaian youth and the uncertainty of football migration
  Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 47: 1383-1397.
• Ile, I. and Sakyi Boadu, E. (2018).
  The paradox of youth empowerment: Exploring youth intervention programme in Ghana
  Cogent Social Sciences, 4 (1), 1528709
• Serbeh, R. and Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, P. (2020).
  Social networks and the geographies of young people’s migration: Evidence from independent child migration in Ghana
  Journal of International Migration and Integration,21: 221-240.
• Setrana, M. (2021).
  Choosing to stay: alternate migration decisions of Ghanaian youth
  Social Inclusion, 9 (1), 247-256.
• Wrigley-Asante, C. (2014).
  Accra turns around: female migrant traders and their empowerment experiences in Accra, Ghana
  Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 3(2), 341-367.

News and Websites on Ghana’s Youth, Migration and Empowerment

• African Renewal provides information on the major economic and development challenges facing Africa today.
  Young Ghanaians risk all for “better” life | Africa Renewal
• The INCLUDE Platform was established to exchange knowledge and ideas on how to achieve better, and more evidence-based, inclusive development policies and practice in Africa.  See their News & Blogs for latest News items on Ghana’s youth and migration:
  ‘The cake is in Accra’: urbanization and youth rural-urban migration in Ghana – INCLUDE Platform
• Dreams, needs & diversity: portraits of Ghana’s Youth – INCLUDE Platform
• National Youth Authority GhanaThe NYA supports the implementation of effective frontline youth empowerment practices,focusing on young people’s participation in socio-economic and political development.
• UN IOM Migration News for Ghana:10,000 Ghanaian Youth Learn about Pitfalls of Irregular Migration | International Organization for Migration (iom.int)
• Youth Connekt Ghana Aims to empower young people aged 15-35 years in Ghana through training and employment opportunities.
• The Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana) promotes polices and initiatives that support young people in Ghana.
• Read Kojo’s migration story:
  Through Kojo’s eyes: aspirations of a young Ghanaian migrant | EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (europa.eu)
• Kofi Kinaata sings No Place Like Home About Irregular Migration