Governance, Good

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 606-614

  Williams, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Aid conditionality; Geopolitics of aid; Millennium Challenge Account; Millennium Development Goals; Neoliberalism; Sovereignty; Structural adjustment policies; World Bank; Worldwide governance indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069554362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00098-5     Document Type: Chapter

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