The state, employer of last resort, and youth employment: A case study of the national youth employment program in Ghana

Employment Guarantee Schemes: Job Creation and Policy in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 127-143

  Dadzie, Richard B ^a  

^a University of Hawaii West Oahu   (United States)

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EID: 84907596561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137313997     Document Type: Chapter

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