Capacity development as the model for development aid organizations

Development and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-577

  Kühl, Stefan ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; GLOBALIZATION; MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 68449095536     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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