Reform beyond the crisis

Making Reform Happen: Lessons from OECD Countries

Volumn 9789264086296, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-38

  Tompson, William ^a  

^a Regional and Rural Development Unit   (United States)

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EID: 84909226106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1787/9789264086296-2-en     Document Type: Chapter

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