'Old brooms can sweep too!' An overview of rulers and public sector reforms in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-413

  Kjaer, Anne Mettte ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REFORM; PUBLIC SECTOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 4143120111     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X04000242     Document Type: Article

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