Financial resource base of sub-national governments and fiscal decentralization in Ghana

African Development Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-114

  Inanga, Eno L ^a   Osei Wusu, David ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FISCAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2542429371     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2004.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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