Why is sector reform so unpopular in Latin America?

Independent Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-207

  Shirley, Mary M ^a  

^a Ronald Coase Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLITICAL REFORM; REFORM PROCESS;

LATIN AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144499180     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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