The Frontiers of Influence: NGO Lobbying at the 1974 World Food Conference, the 1992 Earth Summit and Beyond

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-114

  Van Rooy, Alison ^a  

^a L'Institut Nord Sud   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influence; Lobbying; Nongovernmental organizations; UNCED; United Nations conferences; World Food Conference

Indexed keywords

NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION; POLICY FORMATION; STATE-NGO RELATIONS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0030885233     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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