The Limits of Decentralisation in Urban Zambia

Urban Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-361

  Hampwaye, Godfrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Government finance; Human resource capacity; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956213712     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-008-9040-y     Document Type: Article

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