Attributing "Third World Poverty" in Australia and Malawi: A case of donor bias?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 409-430

  Campbell, Danielle ^a   Carr, Stuart C ^b   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0035242132     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb00203.x     Document Type: Article

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