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Effect of Women’s Empowerment on Children’s Well-being in Northern Ghana

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  • Zereyesus, Yacob
  • Ross, Kara
  • Shanoyan, Aleksan
  • Amanor-Boadu, Vincent

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  • Zereyesus, Yacob & Ross, Kara & Shanoyan, Aleksan & Amanor-Boadu, Vincent, 2014. "Effect of Women’s Empowerment on Children’s Well-being in Northern Ghana," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 170658, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.170658
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