Poverty and local governments: Economic development and community service provision in an Era of decentralization

Growth and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-451

  Lobao, Linda ^a   Kraybill, David ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149121278     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2009.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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