Good Enough Governance Revisited

Development Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages s199-s221

  Grindle, Merilee S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutional assessment; Institutions; Reform process; Room for manoeuvre

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REFORM PROCESS;

EID: 78650109942     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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