Policy arena: From inclusion to exclusion: Armenian NGOs participation in the PRSP

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 729-740

  Ishkanian, Armine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armenia; Civil society; NGOs; Participation; PRSPs

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33746227784     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1301     Document Type: Article

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