Mobility, education and livelihood trajectories for young people in rural Ghana: A Gender perspective

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 395-410

  Porter, Gina ^a   Hampshire, Kate ^a   Abane, Albert ^b   Tanle, Augustine ^b   Esia Donkoh, Kobina ^b   Amoako Sakyi, Regina Obilie ^b   Agblorti, Samuel ^b   Owusu, Samuel Asiedu ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Child labour; Educational access; Load carrying; School distance; Transport gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054044008     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.590705     Document Type: Article

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