Decision making in partnerships for development: Explaining the influence of local partners

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 795-812

  Elbers, Willem ^a   Schulpen, Lau ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decision making; NGOs; partnership; power; private aid agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052790502     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764010366304     Document Type: Article

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