Developing accra for all? the story behind Africa's largest millennium city

Development

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-392

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Africa; MDGs; millennium cities initiative; urban economy

Indexed keywords

MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

AFRICA;

EID: 80052529452     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/dev.2011.56     Document Type: Article

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