Are non-governmental organizations working in development a transnational community?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 613-623

  Townsend, Janet Gabriel ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032869548     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199906)11:4<613::AID-JID598>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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