Introduction: Can NGOs Make a Difference? The Challenge of Development Alternatives

Can NGOs Make a Difference?: The Challenge of Development Alternatives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-37

  Bebbington, Anthony J ^a,b   Hickey, Samuel ^a   Mitlin, Diana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPES   (Peru)

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