Sustainability assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Hugé, Jean ^a   Hens, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Checklist; Development co operation; PRSP; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 40949121617     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155107X233471     Document Type: Article

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