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- W1553473951 abstract "This is a study of child labour as a social consequence of structural adjustmentpolicies (SAP), the economic ideology of the 1980s and 1990s in Ghana. SAPcertainly had its positive sides. However, the systematic process ofimpoverishment through redundancies, the high costs of living and decliningstate support in basic welfare worsened people's lived experiences. It is thereforeargued that political and economic changes, epitomised by the long years of SAP,have burdened families, monetised social relations and increased the pressure onchildren. But, while child labour at the family level is an old phenomenon inGhana, these problems have transformed some children into a new category oflabourers who migrate to the cities to take up some of the numerous informalsector activities as a way of mitigating their poverty. Against this background,three broad findings regarding their motivations, lived experiences and theimplications of their actions emerged in a programme of qualitative research.Firstly, the pervasive poverty, dwindling opportunities and the influence ofreturning migrants in the rural areas act as both the motivation and catalyst fortheir migration. Secondly, even though Accra offers some relative hope, thechildren operate in adverse and hazardous conditions that have certainimplications for their future. Thirdly, some children's agency are enhanced bythe roles they assume in their families and the ability to plan for the future,especially in relation to education and training. Since economic growth anddevelopment appears to be elusive, it is concluded that child migration willcontinue. However, children's education should be repositioned at the centre ofsocial policy because as a preventive measure, any hour spent in the classroom istime spent away from work." @default.
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- W1553473951 title "Migrant child labourers in Accra : a case study of the making of an adjustment generation" @default.
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