Accounting assemblages, desire, and the body without organs: A case study of international development lending in Latin America

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-350

  Neu, Dean ^a   Everett, Jeff ^a   Rahaman, Abu Shiraz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Banks; El Salvador; Loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349410738     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570910945642     Document Type: Article

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