Working with the grain for reforming the public service: A live example from Sierra Leone

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-485

  Srivastava, Vivek ^a   Larizza, Marco ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

civil service; political economy; public sector reform; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFORM PROCESS; WORLD BANK;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84883642590     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852313491513     Document Type: Article

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