Making and shaping poor Malawians: Citizenship below the poverty line

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 697-716

  Eggen, Oyvind ^a,b,c  

^a Policy Director   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Millennium Development Goals; Poverty line

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY; REFORM PROCESS;

MALAWI;

EID: 84885460350     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12031     Document Type: Article

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