Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63575 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2007/70
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the factors that influence market participation in rural economies. This is based on the premise that participation in the market is an important channel through which the global economy impacts on the rural areas and can have a positive impact on poverty reduction through increased incomes. A case study approach is adopted using four rural communities in three ecological zones of Ghana. – poverty ; case study ; prices ; markets ; rural economy
JEL: 
F16
O18
I32
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-019-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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