{"id":1803,"date":"2017-10-19T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2017-10-17T12:26:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:26:26","slug":"deccma-and-assar-present-at-unu-wider-development-conference-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2017\/10\/19\/deccma-and-assar-present-at-unu-wider-development-conference-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"DECCMA and ASSAR present at UNU-WIDER Development Conference in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Prosper Adiku, DECCMA Ghana RiU focal point<\/em><\/p>\n

On October 6th, Kwasi Appeaning-Addo participated at the UNU-WIDER Development Conference held in Accra.<\/p>\n

The UNU-WIDER Conference, held under the theme \u2018Migration and mobility- new frontiers for research and policy<\/a>\u2019 was jointly organised by the UNU-WIDER and the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). The 2-day conference comprised plenary, parallel sessions with contributed\u00a0papers<\/a>, and a\u00a0poster session<\/a>. The conference explored the relationships between migration, mobility, and development, with a focus on South-South movements and the African region. It aimed to bring together new and innovative research from economics and other disciplines that can inform broader policy-relevant debate and action.<\/p>\n

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Profs. Chris Gordon (2nd<\/sup> L) and Appeaning-Addo (2nd<\/sup> R) at the Environment and Natural Resources parallel session of the Conference (Photograph credit: Wendy Boakye)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Presenting on DECCMA’s\u00a0findings on migration and mobility across deltas<\/a>, Professor Appeaning-Addo was part of the \u201cEnvironment and Natural Resources\u201d parallel session chaired by Lingu\u00e8re Mously Mbaye. The Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia programme was also represented by Professor Chris Gordon<\/a> of Adaptation at Scale in Arid and Semi-arid land (ASSAR)<\/a>. Drawing together their findings on deltas and semi-arid lands in Ghana, DECCMA and ASSAR jointly developed a research brief ‘Migration: An Opportunity or Threat to Adaptation<\/em>?’ which was available at the conference.<\/p>\n

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by Prosper Adiku, DECCMA Ghana RiU focal point On October 6th, Kwasi Appeaning-Addo participated at the UNU-WIDER Development Conference held in Accra. The UNU-WIDER Conference, held under the theme \u2018Migration and mobility- new frontiers for research and policy\u2019 was jointly organised by the UNU-WIDER and the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). 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