Sanitation investments in Ghana: An ethnographic investigation of the role of tenure security, land ownership and livelihoods
Abstract Background Ghana’s low investment in household sanitation is evident from the low rates of improved sanitation. This study analysed how land ownership, tenancy security and livelihood patterns are related to sanitation investments in three adjacent rural and peri-urban communities in a dist...
Main Authors: | Y. Awunyo-Akaba, J. Awunyo-Akaba, M. Gyapong, K. Senah, F. Konradsen, T. Rheinländer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-07-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3283-7 |
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