Capacity building contributions of short-term international volunteers

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-137

  Lough, Benjamin J ^a   McBride, Amanda Moore ^b   Sherraden, Margaret S ^c   O'Hara, Kathleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Development; International; Organizations; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957514410     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2011.568921     Document Type: Article

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