Debt relief and social services expenditure: The African experience, 1989-2003

African Development Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 200-216

  Dessy, Sylvain E ^a   Vencatachellum, Désiré ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b African Development Bank

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBT; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICA;

EID: 35548956008     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2007.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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