Enhancing the role of accountability in promoting the rights of beneficiaries of development NGOs

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-471

  O'Dwyer, Brendan ^a   Unerman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Development aid; Downward accountability; Non governmental organisations (NGOs); Rightsbased approach to development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959700539     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2010.9995323     Document Type: Article

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