Sven Grimm's scientific contributions
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Publications (16)
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... These young migrants are between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four and make up one-eighth of the migrant workers who are moving mainly in search of better opportunities [14]. As a number of young men and women lack sufficient access to quality education, job opportunities, and a decent standard of living in their rural areas, the expanding urban informal sector becomes attractive to most of these rural youths [15][16][17]. This situation is worsened by the fact that farming in some of rural areas is not very attractive, partly because of the lack of capital to acquire advanced farming implements that will help the farmers expand their business. ...
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... These negative externalities include increased congestion and additional investment in public services, increased crime that results in extra security cost, and the larger costs of housing and transportation faced by these migrants. A study by [37] noted that rural-urban migration in recent times has become a threat in Ghanaian society. They observe that the problems that come with rural-urban migration in Ghana include the mass movement of energetic labour from rural areas, congestion, poor housing conditions, and increased unemployment and crime rates, among others. ...
... These young migrants are between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four and make up one-eighth of the migrant workers who are moving mainly in search of better opportunities [14]. As a number of young men and women lack sufficient access to quality education, job opportunities, and a decent standard of living in their rural areas, the expanding urban informal sector becomes attractive to most of these rural youths [15][16][17]. This situation is worsened by the fact that farming in some of rural areas is not very attractive, partly because of the lack of capital to acquire advanced farming implements that will help the farmers expand their business. ...
