Doing missionary work: The World Bank and the diffusion of financial practices

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-389

  Neu, Dean ^a   Ocampo, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion of financial practices; Missionary work; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847082969     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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