We first draw upon the broad risk literature to discuss the impact of four socio-cultural factors, i.e., trust in government information, trust in media information, cultural impediments, and social impediments, on public risk response, along with their potential geographic disparities. Admittedly,...
According to theInstitute for Economics and Peace(which bases its rankings on such factors as violent crime, terrorism, and internal and external conflicts), Mauritius, Botswana, Malawi, Ghana, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Guinea-Bissau. Togo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Mozambique (to name a few) are all ...
3). Significantly, the emergence of gold exploration activities in the area attracted an increasingly-professional group of migrant (small-scale) miners from neighbouring countries, including Ghana, Mali and Guinea.7 Because of the large size of these exploration permits and a low number of company...
even as the document asserts the overarching primacy of reproductive rights and self-determination. The PoA, for example, describes demographic goals as “legitimately the subject of government development strategies” but cautions that they “should ...