NGOs have, by and large, given a warm welcome to the new UK White Paper on International Development. But, after 20 years of political marginalization, is the development community too easily satisยฎed? This article argues that the White Paper does mark a welcome break from the previous Conservative
A campaigning group's perspective on the 1997 White Paper on International Development
โ Scribed by Independent Group on British Aid
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0954-1748
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