Urban poverty, livelihood, and gender: Perceptions and experiences of porters in accra, Ghana

Africa Today

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 42-60

  Yeboah, Muriel Adjubi ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 77952935915     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: 15271978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/AFT.2010.56.3.42     Document Type: Article

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