Question

1a) Examine five (5) socioeconomic and cultural implications of the corona virus pandemic in Ghana?.
b) Discuss five measures that can be adopted to cuitail the practice of rudimentary sociocultural practice in some Ghanaian communities?.

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Answer 1

1 (a) The COVID-19 pandemic has sparkled features in economic conditions which would lead to economic crisis and reception. Social distancing, self-isolation, and travel restrictions have reduced the workforce across all economic sectors. The Ghana economy also experienced an adverse effect of COVID-19 which has led to mitigating businesses and households.

The socioeconomic and cultural implication in Ghana due to COVID-19 pandemic,

A) Social implications

1. Suicide: This pandemic has followed by a concern for a potential spike in suicides.
2. Risk perception: This pandemic has made catastrophic future seem less remote and action to prevent and immediate threat.
3. Personal gathering: A government-imposed restrictions on a personal gathering which gave rise to teleconferencing.
4. Domestic violence: Due to the financial insecurity stress and uncertainty domestic violence has increased.
5. Elderly care: Old people are particularly affected by pandemic because in Ghana they have very limited resources to care for older people.

B) Economic implications.

1. Reduction in income: The impact of coronavirus has reduced income to the nation as well as individuals which in turn shattered all the sectors of an economy.
2. Rise in unemployment: Coronavirus has created unemployment problems in Ghana due to the strict government measures initiated to stop the spread of coronavirus.
3. Disruptions in the transportation system: As lockdown, the majority income was generated by transportation due to migrants in Ghana which lead to the downfall of the economy.
4. Affect on the financial market: Due to an outbreak of pandemic the financial market collapsed because the government could not take more risks and implement new policies in Ghana.
5. Global threat: The outbreak of pandemic as shattered globalization, urbanization, and environmental change which in turn affect sustainable growth.

C) Cultural implications.

1. Cultural tourism: Pandemic has greatly affected cultural tourism due to restrictions imposed by the government for the movement of people from one place to another.
2. The closure of cultural institutions, archaeological sites, and heritage sites lead to insecurity of cultural property and site.
3. Biological aspect as a link to the cultural diversity that broke the income along with the practices of the biological outlook of marriage, child-rearing, parenting, etc.
4. International arrivals: Pandemic decreased international arrivals and affected the global economy especially the cultural attributes.
5. Cultural effect on society celebrations: This pandemic as a stop the cultural effect on society as a majority of the celebrations were not celebrated due to the pandemic. Which has facets of culture and harder to gauge. This is interrupted by living heritage practices and expressions.

(b). Measures

Measures adopted to curtail the practice of rudimentary socio-cultural practices in the Ghanian community.

1. Provide good health and safety measures for workers.
2. Provide adequate monitoring, controlling, and preventive measures for a pandemic by Ghana's economy.
3. Ensure employees are not exposed to conditions that would lead to illness and execute the role to uphold the employer's standard.
4. The environment and sanctions regime must be enforced.
5. Provide spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional strength to the migrants in Ghana because the majority of the people are migrants therefore when these measures are mitigated automatically socio-economic and cultural indicators would contribute for sustainable development.