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This work examines the plight of street children in Ghana and the insufficiencies of government programs designed to assist them. There is consensus that the presence of children on urban streets constitutes a global problem with serious social and economic implications. In fact, the United Nations Children's Fund estimates at least three hundred million children live on urban streets worldwide, with a huge fraction of this number, coming from the developing world. Ultimately, the application of academic interpretations offers a thorough evaluation of this phenomenon, serving as a precursor to creating pathways toward a fairly comprehensive, attainable, sustainable and effective campaign for intervention.

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"""This book unravels some of the reasons children migrate to urban streets rather than staying 'home,' and is based on the experience of Ghanaian street children, told in their own words."" (Prof. Stephen G. Gibbons Western Oregon University) ""...provides a rich sociological account of children who struggle to scratch out a life on the gritty urban streets of Accra, Ghana. Unlike many analyses of urban homelessness, this study privileges the voices of the children."" (Prof. Peter Callero Western Oregon University)"""

This book unravels some of the reasons children migrate to urban streets rather than staying 'home,' and is based on the experience of Ghanaian street children, told in their own words. (Prof. Stephen G. Gibbons Western Oregon University) ...provides a rich sociological account of children who struggle to scratch out a life on the gritty urban streets of Accra, Ghana. Unlike many analyses of urban homelessness, this study privileges the voices of the children. (Prof. Peter Callero Western Oregon University)

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