Risky business: Economic uncertainty, market reforms and female livelihoods in northeast Ghana

Development and Change

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 987-1008

  Chalfin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; MARKET TRANSITION; RURAL ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 0033751365     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00186     Document Type: Article

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