International comparisons of public sector performance: How to move ahead?

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-56

  Van de Walle, Steven ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Performance measurement; Philosophy of science; Public sector statistics; Size of government

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049206791     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030802493254     Document Type: Article

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