Subnational public financial management: Institutions and macroeconomic considerations

Handbook of Fiscal Federalism

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 405-427

  Ahmad, Ehtisham ^a   Albino War, Maria ^a   Singh, Raju ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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