Participation in poverty reduction strategy papers: Reviewing the past, assessing the present and predicting the future

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1205-1221

  Lazarus, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; IMF; INTERNATIONAL AID; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; WORLD BANK;

EID: 48049119418     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802201188     Document Type: Article

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