Working with the Grain and Swimming against the Tide: Barriers to uptake of research findings on governance and public services in low-income Africa

Public Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-180

  Booth, David ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; community monitoring; governance; public services; research uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859494037     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.657959     Document Type: Article

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