Nepal: A development challenge

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-307

  Kernot, Sarah ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INCOME; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746906994     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856400600849167     Document Type: Article

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