Begging as work: A study of people with mobility difficulties in Accra, Ghana

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Kassah, Alexander Kwesi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Begging; Mobility difficulties; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249085657     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590701841208     Document Type: Article

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