Policy interventions in renewable energy for sustainable development: is Ghana on the right path to achieve SDG 7?
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- Ishmael Ackah, 2016. "Policy interventions in renewable energy for sustainable development: is Ghana on the right path to achieve SDG 7?," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 16/013, African Governance and Development Institute..
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