'If you can't budget, how can you govern?' - A study of China's state capacity

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-20

  Ma, Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Budget reform; Capacity to budget; China; State capacity

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; CAPACITY BUILDING; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62249194618     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.509     Document Type: Article

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