Equalising spending needs of subnational governments in a developing country: The case of Tanzania

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-501

  Allers, Maarten A ^a   Ishemoi, Lewis J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Finance Management   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC SPENDING;

TANZANIA;

EID: 79958287819     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c09192r     Document Type: Article

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