Real estate regulations in Accra: Some macroeconomic consequences?

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2249-2271

  Buckley, Robert M ^a   Mathema, Ashna Singh ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING PROVISION; INCOME; MACROECONOMICS;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 51749121065     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008095867     Document Type: Article

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