Community capacity building: Starting with people not projects

Community Development Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Simpson, Lyn ^a   Wood, Leanne ^a   Daws, Leonie ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0242624811     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/38.4.277     Document Type: Article

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