Does Community Participation Produce Dividends in Social Investment Fund Projects?

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1554-1568

  Heinrich, Carolyn J ^a   Lopez, Yeri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; education; Honduras; social investment funds

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; INVESTMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 68049102898     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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