Devolution and regional disparities in the Philippines: Is there a connection?

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-417

  Silva, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b iMPOWER Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22944433486     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c051     Document Type: Article

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