Limited partnership: Business, government, civil society, and the public in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-63

  Aaronson, Susan Ariel ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti corruption; Civil society; Extractive industry; Partnership; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CORRUPTION; GOVERNMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LEGISLATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 79251525576     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.588     Document Type: Article

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