The 'Knowledge Exchange Train': A model for capacity building for participatory governance in the south-western Amazon

Development in Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 791-799

  Mendoza, Elsa ^a   Perz, Stephen ^b   Aguilar, César ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Civil society; Environment; Governance and public policy; Latin America and the Caribbean; Methods

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35848936542     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520701628451     Document Type: Article

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