Fiscal space for what? Analytical issues from a human development perspective

Fiscal Space: Policy Options for Financing Human Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-66

  Heuty, Antoine ^b   Letouzé, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNDP   (United States)

^b Revenue Watch Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84895621181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771344     Document Type: Chapter

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