What drives infrastructure spending in cities of developing countries?

Urban Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1345-1368

  Arimah, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 22244445158     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500150680     Document Type: Article

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