Spatial variations in the fiscal capacity of local government in Ghana, before and after decentralisation

Third World Planning Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-432

  Razin, Eran ^a   Obirih Opareh, Nelson ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GHANA;

EID: 0034434154     PISSN: 01427849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/twpr.22.4.k4l071413wn86715     Document Type: Article

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