Le manque de toilettes rend les voyages sur les routes africaines peu agréables.
- Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
The lack of toilets makes travelling on Africa’s roads a less-than-pleasant experience.
Older imported cars pose risks to motorists and spew pollution. Some countries, including Ghana, are taking steps to limit the harms of this piece of the vehicle life cycle.
Vehicle import restrictions on their own are unlikely to yield meaningful, sustained public health and environmental gains in Africa.
Africa’s used vehicle dependency is often attributed to low income and weak regulation.
Lawmakers and courts in Ghana must strengthen protections for drivers of ride hailing companies
Informal workers are victims of the smart city drive in Africa.
Fatal road injuries are among the top 10 causes of death in Ghana.
Unresolved historical injustices, deepened in new forms, undermined compliance with Ghana’s COVID lockdown.
Ghanaian authorities could elicit more cooperation from citizens in governing the cities by creating conditions that give the majority a chance at a decent life
Current methods of road carnage prevention in Ghana have proved unsuccessful .
Ghana’s ineffective land administration system has serious implications
The inability to curb road accidents in Ghana is tied to colonial and neocolonial legacies.
Authority culpability as a facet of road accidents has been overlooked in Ghana.
A range of factors influence the behaviour of minibus drivers in Ghana. This involves a complex web of factors, motivations and constraints.
Ghana has a long institutional history that’s shaped the practices which create dangerous buildings.
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The more people come to a city, the bigger demand for buildings. These buildings need to be safe.
The more people come to a city, the more demand for buildings is amplified.This demand creates pressure from which a range of agencies, motivations and causes arise.
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