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Identity Crisis and Inter-Ethnic Conflicts in Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana 加纳北部和上东部地区的身份危机和种族冲突

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-05-08 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v17i1.3

J. Gasu

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引用次数: 2

All Hands on Deck: The Process and Activities of Collaboration between Chiefs and Local Government Authorities in Ghana 全员参与:加纳酋长和地方政府当局之间合作的过程和活动

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-05-08 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v17i1.5

K. Boateng, S. Afranie

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引用次数: 3

Trade Credit Contracts, Theories and their Applications: A Synthesis of the Literature 贸易信用契约、理论及其应用:文献综合

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-05-08 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v17i1.4

S. Dary, H. James

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引用次数: 2

Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: An analytical Review 采矿引起的位移和安置:分析回顾

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-05-08 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v17i1.6

Robson Mandishekwa, Enard Mutenheri

引用次数: 8

Chieftaincy: An Anachronistic Institution within a Democratic Dispensation? The Case of a Traditional Political System in Ghana 酋长制:民主制度下的一种不合时宜的制度?以加纳传统政治制度为例

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-05-07 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v17i1.2

K. Boateng, S. Afranie

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引用次数: 6

Community Participation in the Management of Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, Ghana 社区参与加纳微丘社区河马保护区的管理

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2020-05-07 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v17i1.1

Ernest Ernest Amoako-Atta, F. Dayour, S. Z. Bonye

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引用次数: 3

Human Rights-Based Approach to Reducing Preventable Maternal Deaths in Ghana: A Six-year Review of Media Reports 以人权为基础减少加纳可预防的孕产妇死亡:对媒体报道的六年审查

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-05 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v16i3.7

R. Morhe, Felix Kwame Sosoo, E. Morhe

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引用次数: 1

Households’ Consumption of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Environmental Implication in Ota, Nigeria 尼日利亚奥塔的家庭电子电气设备消费及其环境影响

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-05 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v16i3.1

N. O. Ogunseye

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引用次数: 0

South African Adults at Risk of Overweight and Obesity: an Assessment of the Association of Food Choices and Body Mass Index in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain 南非成年人面临超重和肥胖的风险:对卡耶利沙和米切尔平原食物选择和体重指数关联的评估

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-05 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v16i3.3

Mulugeta F. Dinbabo, M. Belebema, C. Mensah

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引用次数: 1

Travel Philanthropy in the LarabangaMognori Tourist Enclave in Northern Ghana 加纳北部LarabangaMognori旅游区的旅游慈善事业

Ghana Journal of Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-05 DOI: 10.4314/gjds.v16i3.4

C. W. Kuuder, Whitney Sunkwah Yeboah, E. K. Yirbekyaa, Getrude Poku, C. F. Arowosafe, Chrysogonus Anab, E. Bagson

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引用次数: 2