(Re-)building governance in postconflict Africa: The role of the state and informal institutions

Development in Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-402

  Ogbaharya, Daniel G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aid; Civil Society; Governance and Public Policy; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AID; CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PEACEKEEPING; SOCIAL CONFLICT; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 46049086569     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520802030482     Document Type: Article

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