Accounting for human behavior, local conditions and organizational constraints in humanitarian development models

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-327

  Thomas, Evan ^a   Amadei, Bernard ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Carbon credits; Case study; EWB USA; Rwanda; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMISSIONS TRADING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLLUTION TAX; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RWANDA;

EID: 77952239231     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9196-1     Document Type: Article

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