'Communities of practice': Prospects for theory and action in participatory development;'Comunidades de ensayo': Perspectivas para la teoría y la acción en el desarrollo participativo

Development in Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-328

  Anyidoho, Nana Akua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Aid; Civil society; Methods; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77951684625     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614521003710005     Document Type: Article

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