More money, new household cultural dynamics: Women in micro-finance in Ghana

Development in Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-213

  Arku, Cynthia ^a   Arku, Frank S ^b  

^a Northern Alberta Development Council   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender and diversity; Labour and livelihoods; Social sector; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GENDER RELATIONS; MICROFINANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 61349095389     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520802689469     Document Type: Article

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