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Research Article

Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme is leaking: Irregularities watering down the impact of the flagship LEAP programme

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Article: 1627789 | Received 06 Feb 2019, Accepted 02 Jun 2019, Published online: 14 Jun 2019

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