Development and distortion of Malaysian public-private partnerships - patronage, privatised profits and pitfalls

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Beh, Loo See ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Patronage; Public interest; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954717288     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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