Do community members share development priorities? Results of a ranking exercise in East African rangelands

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1663-1683

  McPeak, John G ^a   Doss, Cheryl R ^b   Barrett, Christopher B ^c   Kristjanson, Patti ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMETRICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RANGELAND; RANKING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70849112372     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902890219     Document Type: Article

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