Community Economic Development Movements in Rural Ghana Using Agricultural Technologies to Alleviate Poverty

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Gorman, Elizabeth
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Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability
Ghana
Community development -- Economic aspects
Poverty
Social capital (Sociology)
Alternative agriculture
Agriculture, Cooperative
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Capstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] Elizabeth R. Gorman is a member of the Class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University. The first section of this paper outlines Ghana's rich economic, political, and social history, paying special attention to social capital, an informal institution that largely determines the effectiveness of CD implementation. The second section outlines the theory behind community economic development movements, while the third section analyzes existing Ghanaian community development movements. The fourth section of the paper proposes a future trajectory in which rural Ghanaian farmers may make use of community development movements. [From Introduction] Elizabeth Gorman