Managing the environment in a decade of administrative reforms in Ghana

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 606-620

  Domfeh, Kwame Ameyaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Ghana; Governance; Local government reform; Politics; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POST-INDEPENDENCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8344270241     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550410562275     Document Type: Article

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