Country report: Rebuilding policy capacity in the era of the fiscal dividend: A report from Canada

Governance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-103

  Bakvis, Herman ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0039622530     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0952-1895.00124     Document Type: Article

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