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Ghana ultra-poor employment study

Employing the Ultra-Poor in Ghana: Investigating Rural Labor Markets (Policy Brief)

Policy brief 1 Dec 2012

Authors

Dean Karlan

Professor of Economics and Finance, Northwestern University

Abhijit Banerjee

Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chris Udry

Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Economics, Northwestern University

Bram Thuysbaert

Senior Evaluation Officer, Dutch Development Bank

Robert Darko Osei

Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana
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