The challenges of health financing in five South Pacific countries

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-46

  Anderson, Ian ^a,b   Ivatts, Susan ^b   Somanathan, Aparnaa ^b   Rolfe, Benjamin ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Australian Agency for International Development   (Australia)

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EID: 84899526036     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apel.12052     Document Type: Article

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