Bringing in society, culture, and politics: Values and accountability in a Bangladeshi NGO

Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 131-148

  Lewis, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864691351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511490903.009     Document Type: Chapter

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