Ghana’s Uncertain Political Opening

Issue Date April 1994
Volume 5
Issue 2
Page Numbers 75-86
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About the Author

E. Gyimah-Boadi, former professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, is cofounder and executive director of Afrobarometer, as well as founder and former executive director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). His books include Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa (2005).

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