Rural poverty alleviation through NGO interventions in Bangladesh: How far is the achievement?

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Ullah, A K M Ahsan ^a   Routray, Jayant K ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Government agencies; Poverty; Rural regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847307628     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290710734208     Document Type: Article

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