NGOs and innovation: Organizational characteristics and constraints in development assistance work in The Gambia

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1383-1395

  Fyvie, Claire ^a   Ager, Alastair ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INNOVATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0032850146     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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