Developing decentralized capacity for development policy analysis: Lessons for agricultural development from food security and nutrition monitoring in Malawi

African Development Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-145

  Babu, Suresh Chnndra ^a,b   Ng'Ong'ola, D H ^b   Mthindi, G B ^b  

^a IFPRI

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS;

MALAWI;

EID: 0030480772     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.1996.tb00084.x     Document Type: Article

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