Do they work? Assessing the impact of transparency and accountability initiatives in service delivery

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue S1, 2013, Pages

  Joshi, Anuradha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Impact; Methodology; Service delivery; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EID: 84881304970     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12018     Document Type: Article

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