Can NGOs make a difference? Revisiting and reframing a 20-year debate

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-322

  Opoku Mensah, Paul ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Civil society; Development alternatives; Development research; International aid system; Non governmental organisations

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049031240     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2007.9666382     Document Type: Article

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