Oiling the Urban Economy: Land, Labour, Capital, and the State in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

by Franklin Obeng-Odoom

Book Overview

This book presents a critical analysis of the 'resource curse' doctrine and a review of the international evidence on oil and urban development to examine the role of oil on property development and rights in West Africa's new oil metropolis - Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. This author shows how institutions of varying degrees of power interact to govern land, housing, and labour in the city, and analyses how efficient, sustainable, and equitable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138626074
• ISBN13: 9781138626072
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"