Identity, Interest and Information Search in a Dynamic Rural Economy

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1788-1796

  Santos, Paulo ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Identity; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DECISION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AFRICA; GHANA;

EID: 77958503749     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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