Measuring public sector capacity

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 805-822

  Polidano, Charles ^a  

^a Office of the Prime Minister   (Malta)

Author keywords

Administrative capacity; Bureaucracy; Governance; Indices; Public sector management

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 0034052714     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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