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Are Alternative Livelihood Projects Alleviating Poverty in Mining Communities? Experiences from Ghana

Gavin Hilson University of Reading, UKCorrespondenceaddress: [email protected]
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Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah University of Manchester, UK
Pages 172-196 | Received 01 Aug 2007, Published online: 14 Jan 2009

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