The struggle for alternatives: NGOs'Responses to the world development report 2008

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Rizzo, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action Aid; Agriculture; Hegemony; NGOs; Oxfam; Rural labour markets; World Development Report 2008

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGROINDUSTRY; AID; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 63149086663     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00206.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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