Youth, gender and livelihoods in West Africa: Perspectives from Ghana and the Gambia sylvia chant

Children's Geographies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-199

  Jones, Gareth A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 44949167451     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280500161602     Document Type: Article

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