Transcript Growth in West Africa: impacts of extractive industry on

Growth in West Africa: impacts of
extractive industry on women’s
economic empowerment in Cote
d’Ivoire & Ghana
Dr. William BAAH-BOATENG
Principal Investigator
Background
• Women economic empowerment is a function of the
level, pattern and source of growth
• In recent times, the importance of extractives in the
growth pattern of the Cote d’Ivoire has been quite
significant:
• 6.9% of GDP in Cote d’Ivoire in 2014; and
• 16% in Ghana in 2014 (equally between oil and mining).
• Women engagement in extractives lags behind their male
counterpart; and
Background
• For instance, in Ghana,
women represent less
than 20% of employment
in the mining and
quarrying sector in 2010
• Thus about 22,195
women were engaged in
mining activities in 2013
compared to 93,199 men
• In the extractives, women
are often engaged at the
lower echelon of the
chain with lower
earnings.
Distribution of extractive jobs
by gender in Ghana
2010
80.9
2000
19.1
68.3
31.7
1984
92.8
7.2
1970
91.2
8.8
1960
93.8
6.2
0
20
40
Male
60
Female
80
100
Research Questions and
Objectives
• A lower representation of women in fast growing
extractive sector in the two countries has implication for
women earnings and empowerment
• The question we seek to find answers to are
• How has growth pattern and job creation in the two
countries impacted on women economic empowerment
(WEE)?
• within (in particular) and outside extractives in formal and
informal economies
• Weather existing norms for monitoring and enforcement
impedes WEE
Research Questions and
Objectives
• Whether EI operators are complicit with labor and
employment regulations
• In broader terms, how do the regulatory framework
in the EI and employment increase /impede women
access to higher earnings status in extractives
• Other barriers to women access to employment in
extractives and related industries will be examined
Research Questions and
Objectives
• Public investment in education, training and skills
development; and
• how it facilitates women participation in the labor
market particularly the extractives will be explored
• Emphasis will also be placed on the analysis of
growth in the two countries and the influence of
conflict in CI and absence of it in Ghana
What will the research
achieve?
• An overview of respective historical growth patterns in
Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, in relation to their development
paths and its effects on women.
• Assessment of legal and regulatory frameworks in relation to
its impact on women’s upward mobility in extractive and
peripheral industries.
• An analysis of policies and legislation that regulate EI labor
and employment with input from government, employers
and women employees in the industry
• A review of women’s earnings and quality or vulnerability of
employment (respective to men) to explore WEE in the
context of overall growth
What will the research
achieve?
• A review of women’s earnings and quality or vulnerability of
employment (respective to men) to explore WEE in the context
of overall growth
• Analysis of existing initiatives and feedback from its
participants, and a brief inquiry into potential areas of
improvement.
• The findings, will be initially compiled as brief reports
and eventually culminated into policy briefs and
• widely disseminated to researchers, decision-makers,
practitioners, and companies to ensure applicability and
accessibility.
Data Collection and Analysis
• The study will adopt both qualitative and quantitative
methodological approach
• in analyzing growth impact on women empowerment in
Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.
• The qualitative approach will entail
• focus group discussion (FCD) of women group in artisanal
mining (and men as well) and other extractive activities;
• one on one interview with women workers and women in
managerial position in large scale extractive firms
• Key informant interviews of policy makers, academia and
other relevant stakeholders will also be carried out to
complement the two
Data Collection and Analysis
• In the Quantitative analysis, Both secondary and primary
data will be used in the study
• Primary data collection through survey will involve
participants in EI (firms, workers, regulators).
• The timing and the structure of the survey will be informed
by analysis of secondary data as well as the results of the
qualitative analysis
• Both descriptive and econometric estimation technique will
be explored in the quantitative part of the study.
• We will work closely with the Ethics committee of social
science field survey in the two countries to ensure
compliance
Team Structure &
Coordination
• Lead/Coordinating Institution – International Institute
for Advanced Studies (IIAS) with
• Dr. William Baah-Boateng as Principal Investigator
• Partner Institution - Centre Ivoirien de Recherches
Economiques et Sociales (CIRES) with
• Dr. Dr Silvère KONAN as Co-Principal Investigator
• Ghana Research Team- IIAS
• Dr. William Baah-Boateng – Principal Investigator
• Prof. Emmanuel Akyeampong:- Researcher
• Dr. Raymond Atuguba
Team Structure &
Coordination
• Cote d’Ivoire Research Team - (CIRES)
• Dr. Silvère KONAN
PI in Cote d’Ivoire and Co-PI
of the Project
• Prof. Auguste KOUAKOU Researcher
• Dr. Bi Zah TOZAN
Researcher
Stakeholders Engagement
• Inception workshop tentatively in Abidjan
• Workshop to present preliminary findings tentatively
in Accra
• Final workshop to present final findings in
Accra/Abidjan
• Strategies for research uptake will be discussed
tomorrow since it is essential aspect of the project
Quality Assurance
Mechanism
• The Ethics Committee of the Social Science field
survey in CI and Ghana will be used to ensure
quality of questions and to adhere to ethics
• We will work closely with Statistical Bureaus of the
two country during the field survey
Thanks for your
attention