The balance sheet of decentralization in Ghana

Foundations for Local Governance: Decentralization in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 233-258

  Ayee, Joseph R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 67649355903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2006-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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