Civil society responses to poverty reduction strategies in Nicaragua

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Bradshaw, Sarah ^a   Linneker, Brian ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCER; Civil Society; government; HIPC initiative; IMF; Nicaragua; Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP); World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996262702     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993403ps058ra     Document Type: Article

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