Oil, sex, and temporary migration: The case of Vienna City, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

Extractive Industries and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-74

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Economic development; Ghana; Migration; Oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898896694     PISSN: 2214790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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