Using training to promote civil service reform: A Tanzanian local government case study

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-75

  McCourt, Willy ^a   Sola, Nazar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MZUMBE UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REFORM PROCESS; TRAINING;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0033067595     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199902)19:1<63::AID-PAD55>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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