The role of Malawian local government in community development

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-282

  Hussein, Mustafa K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

MALAWI;

EID: 0038638258     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350302960     Document Type: Article

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