Heaven or Hubris: Reflections on the new 'New Poverty Agenda'

Development Policy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-25

  Maxwell, Simon ^a  

^a Development Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONALITY; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 0037262830     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7679.00196     Document Type: Article

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