Mayors in Ghana: 'Public' servants or agents of capital?

Built Environment: Design, Management and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 335-340

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Mayors; Poverty; Urban economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857821728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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