Poverty elimination, north-south research collaboration, and the politics of participatory development

Development in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-56

  Simon, David ^a   McGregor, Duncan F M ^a   Nsiah Gyabaah, Kwasi ^b   Thompson, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sunyani Polytechnic   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERIURBANIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

GHANA;

EID: 0037304248     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452022000037973     Document Type: Article

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