Independent child migration and education in Ghana

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 911-931

  Hashim, Iman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; MIGRATION; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36348961366     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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