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Value Chains in Sub-Saharan AfricaElectronic-Waste Circuitry and Value Creation in Accra, Ghana

Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: Electronic-Waste Circuitry and Value Creation in Accra, Ghana [Based on extensive field research, this chapter assesses electronic-waste processing in Ghana by examining the respective roles of formal and informal enterprises therein. Against this background, recent government efforts to manage e-waste and regularise related industries are reviewed. The authors conclude that government policies are not suitable for the development of this sector and for upgrading e-waste activities, because they largely neglect informals and their critical contribution to the sector. Given the low state of technology available in Ghana and the key role that informal labourers play in e-waste collection and processing, the authors call for a refocus on the informal activities so that informals can operate in better, greener, healthier and safer working conditions that would ultimately produce better outcomes in terms of sustainable development.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Value Chains in Sub-Saharan AfricaElectronic-Waste Circuitry and Value Creation in Accra, Ghana

Part of the Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development Book Series
Editors: Scholvin, Sören; Black, Anthony; Revilla Diez, Javier; Turok, Ivan
Grant, Richard; Oteng-Ababio, Martin
Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa — May 10, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-06205-7
Pages
115 –131
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-06206-4_8
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[Based on extensive field research, this chapter assesses electronic-waste processing in Ghana by examining the respective roles of formal and informal enterprises therein. Against this background, recent government efforts to manage e-waste and regularise related industries are reviewed. The authors conclude that government policies are not suitable for the development of this sector and for upgrading e-waste activities, because they largely neglect informals and their critical contribution to the sector. Given the low state of technology available in Ghana and the key role that informal labourers play in e-waste collection and processing, the authors call for a refocus on the informal activities so that informals can operate in better, greener, healthier and safer working conditions that would ultimately produce better outcomes in terms of sustainable development.]

Published: May 10, 2019

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