Failing the needy: Public social spending in Latin America

Journal of International Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-119

  Lloyd Sherlock, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL POLICY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033975208     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(200001)12:1<101::AID-JID622>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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