Decentralisation and poverty reduction in the Gomoa District of Ghana

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-240

  Yankson, Paul W K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decentralisation; District Assembly; Poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERCEPTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; STAKEHOLDER; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL REGION [GHANA]; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 52349107881     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950802335970     Document Type: Article

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