Vulnerability to climate change in rural ghana: Mainstreaming climate change in poverty-reduction strategies

Journal of International Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 803-820

  Dasgupta, Aisha ^a   Baschieri, Angela ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ghana; Poverty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

GHANA;

EID: 77955475071     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1666     Document Type: Article

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