What's politics got to do with it?: Why donors find it so hard to come to terms with politics, and why this matters

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 883-894

  Unsworth, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development practice; Drivers of change; Good governance; Political economy analysis; Politics

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 69849083922     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1625     Document Type: Article

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