Markets and women's trade: Exploring their role in district development in Ghana

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Owusu, George ^a   Lund, Ragnhild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Periodic and daily markets; Women's trade

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; GENDER ROLE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

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

EID: 5444238101     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950410002313     Document Type: Article

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