Civil liberties, democracy, and the performance of government projects

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-242

  Isham, Jonathan ^a   Kaufmann, Daniel ^b,c   Pritchett, Lant H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031413829     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/11.2.219     Document Type: Article

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