Too close for comfort? The impact of official aid on nongovernmental organizations

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 961-973

  Edwards, Michael ^a   Hulme, David ^b  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DONOR OBJECTIVES; GRASSROOTS ORGANISATION; NGO PERFORMANCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION;

EID: 0030449936     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(96)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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