The informal economy is an employer, a nuisance, and a goldmine: Multiple representations of and responses to informality in Accra, Ghana

Urban Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 263-284

  Bob Milliar, George M ^a   Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SECTOR; STATE ROLE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84857818289     PISSN: 08946019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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