Growth in West Africa: assessing impacts of extractive industry on women’s economic empowerment in Cote d’Ivoire & Ghana

Growth in West Africa: assessing impacts of extractive industry on women’s economic empowerment in Cote d’Ivoire & Ghana

Overview of Project

Ghana and Cote d’voire (Two Sub-Saharan countries) which share the same geographic, climatic and socio-cultural settings and have experienced massive economic activity in the extractive industry and given lower proportion of women in the extractive sector presents a good background for the study of women’s economic empowerment (WEE) within that context. The research will examine the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern extractive industry (EI), specifically its employment and labor practices and the broader income and WEE consequences (hiring procedures, varying job tasks and earnings). Specifically, the study focuses on the extent to which the growth of the EI have impacted on quality of women’s employment and earnings in relation to men.

Researchers:

1. Project Leader and Principal Investigator: Dr. William Baah-Boateng, IIAS Fellow http://www.ug.edu.gh/economics/staff/william-baah-boateng and http://www.interias.org.gh/our-staff/dr-william-baah-boateng/
2. Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Silvére Konan. Centre Ivoirien de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (CIRES), www.cires-ci.org

Project Steering Committee Meeting

Project Steering Committee Meeting held on 15th September, 2016 at IIAS, http://www.interias.org.gh/project-steering-committee-meeting

GrOW Project Evaluation Workshop

Expert Evaluation Workshop organized by IIAS on Thursday, 13th October, 2016, http://www.interias.org.gh/news/grow-evaluation-workshop-gender-and-extractive-industry-ghana

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