WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC AND NON ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE RURAL URBAN MIGRATION IN GHANA?

THE ECONOMIC AND NON-ECONOMIC FACTORS 

The economic push factors includes unemployment or underemployment in rural areas, low wages and no assist as well as lack of land, which is sometimes due to inheritance system that split the land among a large number of people, making it less productive.

The non-economic push factors also plays significant role and it mainly include,  poor rural infrastructure in general, that is, poor living conditions such as housing, education possibilities and healthcare. Furthermore, aspects of agricultural change like modernization of farming, new techniques and machines as well as economic reforms in general cause less demand of labor in agricultural sector and this therefore causes people to search for new job opportunities.  

Again, the economic pull factors includes factors that attract people to move into cities which are mainly equivalent to the push factors. The rural migrants hope for employment and higher wages in the cities caused by a higher demand of labor. 

The non-economic pull factors also include social factors such as the hope for better healthcare and education provision or the urban facilities and way of life in general as well as factors like protection from conflicts, family reunion and family networks (that is, it is easier and more likely for people to migrate if they have relatives in the cities). 

Andy Selasie Kelvin

DCS20354