Public management in developing countries: From downsizing to governance

Public Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-479

  McCourt, Willy ^a  

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Author keywords

Corruption; Decentralization; Developing countries; Governance; NPM; Politics; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349093018     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030802263897     Document Type: Review

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