Social capital, NGOs, and development: A Guatemalan case study

Development in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-353

  Abom, Bill ^a  

^a Development Studies Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL PROVISION; DEVELOPMENT AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 1942538610     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452042000191187a     Document Type: Article

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