Authentic NGDO partnerships in the new policy agenda for international aid: Dead end or light ahead?

Development and Change

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-159

  Fowler, Alan F ^a  

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AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION;

EID: 0031804040     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00073     Document Type: Article

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