Asset Accumulation: An Alternative Approach to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Development Policy Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 663-680

  Stein, Alfredo ^a   Horn, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset accumulation; International donors; Local development; MDGs; Urban poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

BRAZIL; NICARAGUA;

EID: 84867438403     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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