Global Goals as a Policy Tool: Intended and Unintended Consequences

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 118-131

  Fukuda Parr, Sakiko ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Development indicators; Global goals; Millennium Development Goals; Poverty; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902572989     PISSN: 19452829     EISSN: 19452837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2014.910180     Document Type: Article

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