Holding the giants to account? Constraints on NGO accountability in Bangladesh

Asian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-264

  Siddiquee, Noore Alam ^a   Faroqi, Md Gofran ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Bangladesh; Donors and Clients; Micro Credit; NGOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050788436     PISSN: 02185377     EISSN: 17507812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02185370903403434     Document Type: Article

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