Partnership for poverty reduction in Gujarat, India: A case study of Sadguru foundation's water resource development work

Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-70

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a,b   Hsu, Minna J ^c  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NM Sadguru Water and Development Foundation   (India)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community; Corporation; Government; India; NGO; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879631559     PISSN: 02185385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2012.760299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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