Of texts and practices: Empowerment and organisational cultures in World Bank-funded rural development programmes

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-621

  Bebbington, Anthony ^a   Lewis, David ^b   Batterbury, Simon ^c   Olson, Elizabeth ^d   Siddiqi, M Shameem ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CARE Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPOWERMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POWER RELATIONS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34248594297     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701259665     Document Type: Article

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