Nurtured from above and growing from the roots: Social investment funds and decentralization in Zambia and Malawi

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-365

  Van Donge, Jankees ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Malawi; Participation; Social infrastructure; Social investment funds; Zambia

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 3442878188     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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