Working for God? evidence from a change in financing of nonprofit health care providers in Uganda

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1159-1178

  Reinikka, Ritva ^a   Svensson, Jakob ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 78649707487     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea_a_00021     Document Type: Article

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