Reforming Ghana's Public Service: Issues and Experiences in Comparative Perspective

Public Administration Review

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-354

  Haruna, Peter Fuseini ^a  

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EID: 0142138215     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6210.00294     Document Type: Review

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