Poverty, inequality and the challenges of pro-poor governance in Bangladesh

Journal of South Asian Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-219

  Afsar, Rita ^a,b  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

^b Research Fellow   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clientelism; collective action; good governance; local level institutions; pro poor growth; rights based approach (RBA); social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649356449     PISSN: 09731741     EISSN: 09731733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097317411000500201     Document Type: Article

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