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This study examines the most significant development risk women at risk of being left behind in the SDGs implementation experience. It uses the photovoice method and the social amplification of risk framework (SARF) to highlight development risks in participants' everyday lives that increase their likelihood of being left behind. The findings demonstrate that while the challenges faced by at-risk individuals can be complex, frameworks such as the SARF can assist in understanding the underlying socio-cultural processes that intensify the effects of risks faced by those vulnerable to being left behind. The priorities identified by participants suggest that aside from targeting the needs of the farthest behind, initiatives prioritised in SDGs localisation should also harness the linkages between the SDGs to optimise the limited time and resources available for SDG implementation. The findings are relevant to identifying strategies to operationalise the 'leave no one behind' (LNOB) commitment effectively and efficiently in developing contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the last two decades, a number of Western-style malls have been built in various sub-Saharan African cities. Accra-Tema city-region (ATCR) currently has six such malls that have been built mostly with South African capital. Malls are a creation of the global core and their emergence is associated with cultural changes that manifest in consumerism, the formation of a middle class, advertising and the growth of local manufacturing. We ask whether the malls in ATCR are following the formation trajectory of malls in the global core. Using a methodology involving surveys and interviews of mall users and managers respectively, we answer this question by mapping the geography and history of ATCR's malls. Superficially, ATCR's malls are following the formation trajectory of malls in the global core but there are major differences due to globalisation. Superfluously, the expansion of semi-peripheral (South African) capital into Ghana and the importation of goods from outside Ghana means ATCR's malls are different from those of the global core. Our findings have implications for the sustainability of malls in sub-Saharan Africa under globalisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]