Public service provision, user fees and political turmoil

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-518

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Minten, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SERVICE PROVISION; USER FEE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 34447642380     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejl040     Document Type: Article

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