Enrolling the Private Sector in Community Development: Magic Bullet or Sleight of Hand?

Development and Change

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-53

  McEwan, Cheryl ^a   Mawdsley, Emma ^b   Banks, Glenn ^c   Scheyvens, Regina ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

FIJI; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84992083107     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12283     Document Type: Article

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