Trustees of development from conditionality to governance: Poverty reduction strategy papers in Ghana

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 641-664

  Whitfield, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONALITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMF; POVERTY; WORLD BANK;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646554829     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X05001254     Document Type: Article

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