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Examines how globalization affects women’s lives and work, considering the opportunities and pressures created by economic and social change and the ways women respond to shifting labour markets, livelihoods and development processes.

Reflects on Ghana’s aspirations for the decades following its 50th anniversary of independence, considering the country’s development ambitions, national identity and the social and political conditions needed to realise a renewed vision for the future.

Examines the meaning and practice of participation in income-generating programmes for women in Ghana, considering how women engage with programme activities and the extent to which participation translates into greater influence, choice and control over development processes.

Examines how a poverty reduction project in Ghana’s Afram Plains was understood and experienced in practice, focusing on the relationship between development policy, programme implementation and the perspectives of participating communities.