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The changing economy of the Lower Volta, 1954-1967 :

Lawson, Rowena M.

The changing economy of the Lower Volta, 1954-1967 : a study in the dynamics of rural economic growth / - London ; New York : Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, c1972. - xii, 127 p. :ill,

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [117]-119.

This is a study of the Lower Volta (Ghana) in I954 for Sir Robert Jackson's Volta River Project Preparatory Commission focused at a group of relatively large-scale African traders in Accra and Kumasi. It attempts to provide a picture of one area of private economic enterprise by Africans in Ghana, with a view to discovering what factors prevented individual businesses from expanding. The study suggests reluctance to enter into partnerships and delegate authority, as well as a tendency for business interests to be widely dispersed rather than concentrated on building up a single enterprise.

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Economics.


Volta River Valley (Ghana).

HC517.G62 / V64

330.9'668 / LAW