Is there a place for virtual poverty funds in pro-poor public spending reform? Lessons from Uganda's PAF

Development Policy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-480

  Williamson, Tim ^a   Canagarajah, Sudharshan ^b  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Uganda Country Office   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIAL POLICY;

UGANDA;

EID: 0041312459     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7679.00219     Document Type: Article

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