What makes decentralisation in developing countries pro-poor?

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 626-648

  Jütting, Johannes ^a   Corsi, Elena ^c   Kauffmann, Céline ^a   McDonnell, Ida ^d   Osterrieder, Holger ^b   Pinaud, Nicolas ^a   Wegner, Lucia ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 31144447188     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810500367649     Document Type: Article

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