Internationalising Economic and Environmental Policy: Transnational NGO Networks and the World Bank's Expanding Influence

Millennium - Journal of International Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 605-633

  Nelson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84992810197     PISSN: 03058298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03058298960250030701     Document Type: Article

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