Inequality and deliberative development: Revisiting Bolivia's experience with the PRSP

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 721-740

  Morrison, Kevin M ^a   Singer, Matthew M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35348972007     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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