Development corporations in the canadian north examples for economic grassroots initiatives among the inuit

Erdkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-79

  Fugmann, Gerlis ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development corporations; Inuit; Nunatsiavut; Nunavik

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LANDOWNERSHIP; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 67649857052     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2009.01.05     Document Type: Article

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