Housing policy in Ghana: towards a supply-oriented future

Habitat International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-257

  Tipple, A Graham ^a   Korboe, David ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 0031848187     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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