Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia

Public Choice

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 227-249

  Faguet, Jean Paul ^a   Sánchez, Fabio ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Decentralization; Education; Health; Local government; Public investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900865934     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0077-7     Document Type: Article

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