The role of district capitals in regional development: Linking small towns, rural-urban linkages and decentralisation in Ghana

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-89

  Owusu, George ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLITICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 25444487201     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.27.1.4     Document Type: Article

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