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Civil society organisations, conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Northern Ghana 加纳北部的民间社会组织、冲突预防与和平建设

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v10i1.919

Patrick Osie-Kuffour, K. Bukari

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person or the issue? Relational process, person- and idea- targeted questions in UK and Ghanaian parliamentary questions 人还是问题?英国和加纳议会问题中的关系过程、个人和想法为目标的问题

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v10i1.906

Kwabena Sarfo Sarfo-Kantankah

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Community participation and sustainable forest management in the Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira地区的社区参与和可持续森林管理

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v7i1.587

M. A. Aning-Agyei, P. G. Aning-Agyei, S. Kendie, E. Y. Tenkorang

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Gradation of stakeholder participation in water resources management in the Densu Basin in Ghana 加纳Densu盆地水资源管理中利益相关者参与的分级

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.323

N. Anokye

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Factors influencing household energy choices in the Kumasi Metropolitan area of Ghana 加纳库马西大都市区影响家庭能源选择的因素

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.319

Emmanuel Adjei-Danso, E. Y. Tenkorang, P. Osei-Kufuor

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Informal operators in waste management in Accra, Ghana: From neglect to recognition? 加纳阿克拉废物管理中的非正式经营者:从被忽视到被认可?

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.322

Owusu Boampong, Akua O. Britwum, Angela D. Akorsu

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Unpacking Africa as a dynamic continent: Insights from contemporary development issues in Ghana 打开非洲作为一个充满活力的大陆:从加纳当代发展问题的见解

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.318

M. Oteng-Ababio

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Does labour matter in reforms? Indications from Ghana’s environmental sanitation policy 劳工在改革中重要吗?加纳环境卫生政策的启示

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.321

A. D. Akorsu, A. Britwum, Owusu Boampong

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Social capital: The missing link in Ghana’s development 社会资本:加纳发展的缺失环节

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.324

Frederick Koomson, F. Enu-kwesi

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Public sector wage reforms in the light of equity principles 根据公平原则进行公共部门工资改革

Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/joss.v9i1.325

Benjamin Yaw Tachie, H. Potakey

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