Almost every smallholder farmer receiving agricultural payments in Ghana is paid in cash. While, cash may seemingly provide instant gratification for crop sales, cash-based transactions ultimately prove to be costly and dangerous. Cash can easily be misplaced or stolen, leaving the carrier with no recourse. When cash changes hands there is little record of the transaction, this could make accountability difficult.... More

I was flying from Amsterdam Schipol to Rome Fiumicino while reading "The Holland Herald," a magazine provided by the airplane company I was flying with. One of the articles in the magazine drew my attention, about the insight of UNESCO World Heritage. In the article, there was mentioned several conditions where the "UNESCO World Heritage" status could be revoked from a... More