Richard Baah-Mintah, Ellen Owusu-Adjei and Frederick Koomson. Education and Training of Small-Scale Entrepreneurs: A Tool for Poverty Reduction in the Nkoranza South Municipality, Ghana.
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education, training, poverty, small-scale, entrepreneurs
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