The fiction of development: Literary representation as a source of authoritative knowledge

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-216

  Lewis, David ^a   Rodgers, Dennis ^b   Woolcock, Michael ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 40349085961     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701789828     Document Type: Article

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