The ethics of World Bank lending

Accounting Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Neu, Dean ^a   Gomez, Elizabeth Ocampo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical lending; Social responsibility; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544456897     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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