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Marketable Wealth in a Poor African Country: Using an index of consumer durables to investigate wealth accumulation by households in Ghana

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Publisher:

UNU-WIDER

Series:

WIDER Research Paper

Volume:

2006/138

Title:

Marketable Wealth in a Poor African Country: Using an index of consumer durables to investigate wealth accumulation by households in Ghana

Authors:

Ronelle Burger, Frikkie Booysen, Servaas van der Berg, and Michael von Maltitz

Publication date:

2006

ISSN Web:

1810-2611

ISBN Web:

929190922X

ISBN 13 Web:

9789291909223

Copyright holder:

© UNU-WIDER

Copyright year:

2006

Keywords:

wealth, Ghana, asset index

JEL:

E21, O55

Project:

Personal Assets from a Global Perspective

Sponsor:

The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).

Format:

online