Public sector accountability failure in an emerging economy: The case of the National Bank of Fiji

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-359

  Lodhia, Sumit K ^a   Burritt, Roger L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking; Emerging markets; Fiji; Public sector accounting

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; BANKING; CORRUPTION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 3343016573     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550410539820     Document Type: Article

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