The MDG Story: Intention Denied

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Vandemoortele, Jan ^a  

^a UN Resident and Humanitarian UNDP   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MACROECONOMICS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 79951894888     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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