BRAC: Anatomy of a “poverty enterprise”

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-233

  Mannan, Manzurul ^a  

^a INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 84908453971     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.250     Document Type: Article

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