ABSTRACT
This study examines handicraft production and the effects of local and global spatio-temporal changes on craft production and craft-based livelihoods in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It also investigates the coping and survival mechanisms craftspeople have adopted to overcome production difficulties and poverty. The study is philosophically grounded in cultural geography (cultural globalisation). Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, Value Chain analysis. Participatory Wealth Ranking and CASHPOR House Index (CHI) in combination with some descriptive and inferential statistics, the study identified some of the spatial and temporal changes that have occurred within craft villages, and their effects on the livelihoods and coping capacities of different categories o f craftsmen and women. Focus group discussions and interviews were the main research instruments; however, these were supplemented with questionnaires administered to a hundred and thirty-eight craftspeople. Highlights of key findings, cross tabulations and chi-square were employed in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data respectively
SEGBEFIA, A (2021). A Study On Handicrafts As A Pro-Poor Tourism Development Strategy In Four Craft Villages In Ashanti Region, Ghana. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/a-study-on-handicrafts-as-a-pro-poor-tourism-development-strategy-in-four-craft-villages-in-ashanti-region-ghana
SEGBEFIA, ALEXANDER "A Study On Handicrafts As A Pro-Poor Tourism Development Strategy In Four Craft Villages In Ashanti Region, Ghana" Afribary. Afribary, 28 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/a-study-on-handicrafts-as-a-pro-poor-tourism-development-strategy-in-four-craft-villages-in-ashanti-region-ghana. Accessed 06 May. 2024.
SEGBEFIA, ALEXANDER . "A Study On Handicrafts As A Pro-Poor Tourism Development Strategy In Four Craft Villages In Ashanti Region, Ghana". Afribary, Afribary, 28 Apr. 2021. Web. 06 May. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/a-study-on-handicrafts-as-a-pro-poor-tourism-development-strategy-in-four-craft-villages-in-ashanti-region-ghana >.
SEGBEFIA, ALEXANDER . "A Study On Handicrafts As A Pro-Poor Tourism Development Strategy In Four Craft Villages In Ashanti Region, Ghana" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 06, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/a-study-on-handicrafts-as-a-pro-poor-tourism-development-strategy-in-four-craft-villages-in-ashanti-region-ghana