Public expenditure, growth and poverty reduction in rural Uganda

African Development Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-496

  Fan, Shenggen ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 57049186305     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2008.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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