Decentralization and Governance

World Development

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-13

  Faguet, Jean Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Health; Instability; Limits on power; Local government; Political competition

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

EID: 84885069499     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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