Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana
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Keywords
urbanization; youth; employment; off farm employment; nonfarm income;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2017-02-19 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-URE-2017-02-19 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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