The MDG conundrum: Meeting the targets without missing the point

Development Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-371

  Vandemoortele, Jan ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Equity; MDGs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EQUITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POLICY MAKING;

AFRICA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67049113916     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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