Poverty profile and correlates of poverty in Ghana

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 449-471

  Adjasi, Charles K D ^a   Osei, Kofi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Ghana; Poverty; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249788413     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290710760236     Document Type: Article

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