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Ghana's Offshore Hydrocarbon Fields. Source: Petroleum Commission, Ghana: https://www.petrocom.gov.gh/maps/ (accessed 10 May 2019).
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While there is scholarship focused on the nexus between resource extraction and development, further examination is needed of how the harms and benefits of extraction are differentiated among different stakeholders based on factors such as their access to power, authority over decision-making, social status,and gender. This article combines theoret...
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... included six coastal communities such as Axim, Busua, Dixcove, Cape Three Points, Sekondi-Takoradi and Ngyiresia in addition to Accra -the capital city. In particular, the six coastal communities were selected because they are fishing-reliant communities that are among those residing near offshore oil production activities (see Figures 2 and 3). As a result of their proximity, they are also among the list of communities expected to either benefit from or to experience the harms of such activities. ...
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