Legal infrastructure and governance reform in post-crisis Asia: The case of Indonesia

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-40

  Lindsey, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL REFORM; REFORM PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 3142608839     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2004.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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