Global poverty: The co-production of knowledge and politics

Global Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-77

  St Clair, Asunción Lera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Expertise; Global poverty; Knowledge; Social studies of science; World Bank

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; WORLD BANK;

EID: 33344467806     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018106061392     Document Type: Article

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