Asian Development Bank, policy conditionalities and the social democratic governance: Kerala model under pressure?

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-308

  Raman, K Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian Development Bank; Conditionalities; Democracy; India; Kerala

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249220326     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802454620     Document Type: Article

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