Good enough governance revisited

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-574

  Grindle, Merilee S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM;

EID: 34548063749     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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