The world bank and Ghana's poverty reduction strategies: Strengthening the state or consolidating neoliberalism?

Labour, Capital and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 82-115

  Crawford, Gordon ^a   Abdulai, Abdul Gafaru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORLD BANK;

GHANA;

EID: 76149099255     PISSN: 07061706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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