The new public management reform and governance in Asian NICs: A comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore

Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-626

  Lee, Eliza W Y ^a   Haque, M Shamsul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 33750023458     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2006.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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