'Listening to the rice grow': The local-expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

Development in Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-112

  Owen, John R ^a  

^a Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aid; East Asia; Globalisation; Governance and public policy; Social sector (health, education)

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK;

FAR EAST;

EID: 73949098588     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520903436968     Document Type: Article

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