Struggling with sustainability - A comparative framework for evaluating sustainable development programs

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2139-2160

  Mog, Justin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organizing; Participation; Philippines; Program evaluation; Southeast Asia; Sustainable rural development

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 8844268537     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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